bat1 waak6筆劃笔划

Jyutpingbat1 waak6

Yalebāt waahk

名詞Uncommon

Definition

Strokes of a Chinese character; the straight, curved, horizontal, or diagonal lines that form a character.

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How it's used

Refers specifically to the individual marks made when writing Chinese characters. It is commonly used when discussing handwriting difficulty or when looking up characters in a traditional paper dictionary. Note that the pronunciation is often simplified in speech to sound like bit1-waak2.

Measure word

tiu4條tìuh

Examples

ni1呢go3個zi6字bat1筆waak6劃hou2好do1多，hou2好naan4難se2寫。

This character has many strokes and is hard to write.

nei5你zi1知m4唔zi1知ni1呢go3個zi6字jau5有gei2幾do1多bat1筆waak6劃aa4呀？

Do you know how many strokes this character has?

Common phrases

bat1筆waak6劃do1多

many strokes

sou2數bat1筆waak6劃

to count strokes

Common mistake

Learners sometimes confuse this with 筆順, which refers to the correct order in which those strokes should be written. Remember that 筆劃 focuses on the count or the visual components, while 筆順 focuses on the sequence of movement.