身边 — stroke order
Learn how to write 身边 (shēnbiān), which means “at one's side”. It is written with 2 characters and 12 strokes in total. In traditional Chinese it is written 身邊. Each character below is animated in the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap any character to replay it, or use “Play all strokes” to watch the whole word written in order.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | 注音 | Meaning | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 身 | shēn | ㄕㄣ | body, torso | 7 |
| 边 | biān | ㄅㄧㄢ | border, edge, margin, side | 5 |