script

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from the depiction of written strokes or markings on a surface. In seal script, it represents scratches, patterns, or ornamental designs, which later extended to mean writing, text, and culture.

Mnemonic: The intersecting strokes resemble written lines carved or inscribed on a surface.

• 文wén🔊

  language

  HSK 7

  4 strokes

• 斈xué🔊

  variant of 學|学[xue2]

  7 strokes

• 斉qí🔊

  old variant of 齊|齐[qi2]

  8 strokes

• 斋zhāi🔊

  to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc

  10 strokes

• 斑bān🔊

  spot

  12 strokes

• 斌bīn🔊

  variant of 彬[bin1]

  12 strokes

• 斐fěi🔊

  phonetic fei or fi

  12 strokes

• 斒bān🔊

  variegated

  13 strokes

• 斓lán🔊

  used in 斑斕|斑斓[ban1 lan2]

  16 strokes

• 斔yǔ🔊

  old variant of 斞[yu3]

  18 strokes