Hanzi Explorer
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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.

Enter up to eight Chinese characters. Detailed breakdowns cover all 625 characters used in HSK 1–3 here.

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Character breakdownqiú / overlaid
求
qiú
Strokes

Components

Part / base一yīonePart / overlaid氺component
求qiú
Structureoverlaid
Radical氺water

How it works

求 uses a overlaid arrangement built from 一 and 氺.

Common words 1

  • 要求 HSK 3yāoqiúrequirement