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CHINESE CHARACTER

祷 (dǎo): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

dǎo
to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer
HSK 7-911 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

礻 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 祷.

寿

Phonetic component

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

STROKES · 11

Write 祷 in 11 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Examples using 祷

祈祷

我在祈祷。

Wǒ zài qí dǎo。

I'm praying.

FAQ

What does 祷 (dǎo) mean in Chinese?

to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer

How do you write 祷 in stroke order?

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

What is the radical of 祷?

礻 is the radical in 祷. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 祷?

祈祷 (qídǎo): to pray; to say a prayer.