slash

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a basic stroke in ancient pictographic writing, representing a diagonal or angled line. It is one of the most fundamental strokes used to construct other Chinese characters.

Mnemonic: A simple diagonal stroke like a slash across the page—the foundation of all Chinese characters.

• 乕hǔ🔊

  old variant of 虎[hu3]

  7 strokes

• 乖guāi🔊

  (of a child) obedient, well-behaved

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 乘chéng🔊

  old variant of 乘[cheng2]

  HSK 5

  10 strokes