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什么shénmewhat?

Theme
Questions
Level
First words
Strokes
7
Characters
2

How 什么 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

什 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
么 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 什么

Examples

这是什么？

Zhè shì shénme?

What is this?

  • 这zhèthis
  • 是shìto be
  • 什么shénmewhat?

你想看什么书？

Nǐ xiǎng kàn shénme shū?

Which book would you like to read?

  • 你nǐyou
  • 想xiǎngto want; to think
  • 看kànto look; to read
  • 什么shénmewhat?
  • 书shūbook

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.