CHINESE CHARACTER

详 (xiáng): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

xiáng

complete, detailed, thorough

HSK 48 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

讠

Primary radical

讠 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 详.

羊

Phonetic component

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

STROKES · 8

Write 详 in 8 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 详

详细xiángxì

HSK 4 · detailed; in detail; minute

安详ānxiáng

HSK 7-9 · serene

耳熟能详ěrshú-néngxiáng

HSK 7-9 · what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)

详尽xiángjìn

HSK 7-9 · thorough and detailed; exhaustive; the tedious details in full

Examples using 详

详细

我详细地解释了原因。

Wǒ xiáng xì dì jiě shì le yuán yīn。

I explained the reason in detail.

安详

她在睡眠中安详地去世了。

Tā zài shuì mián zhōng ān xiáng dì qù shì le。

She passed away peacefully in her sleep.

FAQ

What does 详 (xiáng) mean in Chinese?

complete, detailed, thorough

How do you write 详 in stroke order?

详 has 8 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 详?

讠 is the radical in 详. It is the speech side radical and can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 详?

详细 (xiángxì): detailed; in detail; minute; 安详 (ānxiáng): serene; 耳熟能详 (ěrshú-néngxiáng): what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom).