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Hanzi breakdown

Explore how a character is built, identify its meaning and sound components, then practise writing it stroke by stroke.

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Character breakdownmen / left–right / Meaning + sound
们
men

Origin clue: people

Strokes

Components

Meaning / left亻rénpersonSound / right门méngate, door
们men
Structureleft–right
Radical亻person
TypeMeaning + sound

How it works

们 is a meaning-sound compound. 亻 gives the meaning clue (people), while 门 gives a clue to its pronunciation.

Sound family

Common words 1

  • 你们 HSK 1nǐmenyou (plural)