CHINESE CHARACTER

永 (yǒng): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

yǒng

long; perpetual, eternal; forever

HSK 45 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

水

Primary radical

水 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 永.

水

Visible components

永 is decomposed as ⿱？水.

STROKES · 5

Write 永 in 5 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 永

永远yǒngyuǎn

HSK 4 · forever; eternal

永恒yǒnghéng

HSK 7-9 · eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)

永久yǒngjiǔ

HSK 7-9 · everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent

Examples using 永

永远

我会永远爱你。

Wǒ huì yǒng yuǎn ài nǐ。

I will love you forever.

永久

请给我你的永久地址。

Qǐng gěi wǒ nǐ de yǒng jiǔ dì zhǐ。

Please give me your permanent address.

FAQ

What does 永 (yǒng) mean in Chinese?

long; perpetual, eternal; forever

How do you write 永 in stroke order?

永 has 5 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 永?

水 is the radical in 永. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 永?

永远 (yǒngyuǎn): forever; eternal; 永恒 (yǒnghéng): eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die); 永久 (yǒngjiǔ): everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent.