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CHINESE CHARACTER

婪 (lán): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

lán
to covet; covetous, avaricious
HSK 7-911 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

女 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 婪.

Phonetic component

林 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 11

Write 婪 in 11 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Examples using 婪

贪婪

我不贪婪。

Wǒ bù tān lán。

I'm not greedy.

FAQ

What does 婪 (lán) mean in Chinese?

to covet; covetous, avaricious

How do you write 婪 in stroke order?

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

What is the radical of 婪?

女 is the radical in 婪. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 婪?

贪婪 (tānlán): avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid.