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CHINESE CHARACTER

啬 (sè): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

miserly, stingy, thrifty
HSK 7-911 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

十 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 啬.

土 · 丷 · 回

Visible components

啬 is decomposed as ⿱⿻土丷回.

STROKES · 11

Write 啬 in 11 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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LEARN THIS CHARACTER IN CONTEXT

Examples using 啬

吝啬

他非常吝啬。

Tā fēi cháng lìn sè。

He is very stingy with his money.

FAQ

What does 啬 (sè) mean in Chinese?

miserly, stingy, thrifty

How do you write 啬 in stroke order?

啬 has 11 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 啬?

十 is the radical in 啬. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 啬?

吝啬 (lìnsè): stingy; mean; miserly.