7 strokes19 strokes
Character #465 · The First 1000
坏 (壞) huài meaning: bad
bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- Strokes
- 719
- TraditionalSimplified
- 壞 坏
- Poster cell
- Q17
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02 练习纸
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Practice writing 坏壞
Write 坏壞 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, huài, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 坏 mean in English?
- 坏 (huài) means "bad": bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost.
- How do you pronounce 坏?
- 坏 is pronounced huài in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄏㄨㄞˋ.
- How many strokes does 坏 have?
- The simplified form, 坏, has 7 strokes. The traditional form, 壞, has 19.
- What is the traditional form of 坏?
- The traditional form of 坏 is 壞. 坏 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 壞 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 坏?
- Common words that use 坏 include 坏人 (huàirén, bad person), 坏处 (huàichu, harm), 破坏 (pòhuài, destruction), 坏事 (huàishì, bad thing).
- How common is 坏?
- 坏 is number 465 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell Q17 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.