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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 breakdownqǐng / left–right / Meaning + sound
请
qǐng

Definition: please · invite

Strokes

Components

Meaning / left讠yánspeech, wordsSound / right青qīngblue, green, young
请qǐng
Structureleft–right
Radical讠speech, words
TypeMeaning + sound

How it works

请 is a meaning-sound compound. 讠 gives the meaning clue (speech), while 青 gives a clue to its pronunciation.

Sound family

Common words 2

  • 请问 HSK 1qǐngwènexcuse me · may I ask
  • 请假 HSK 3qǐng jiàto ask for leave