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的 — stroke order
Watch how to write 的 (de) stroke by stroke. 的 has 8 strokes and means “possessive or modifying particle”. It appears in common words such as 的話 (if) and 有的 (some). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Pronunciation and meaning in context
In 我的 (wǒ de, my), 的 is read de with a neutral tone. It has other readings in words such as 目的 (mùdì, purpose); the meaning “target” belongs to the dì reading. Dictionary readings (CC-CEDICT)
Common words with 的
The most common words that use 的 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
How 的 is written
- Radical
- 白
- Components
- 白 ＋ 勺