罙 meaning and stroke order
Deep
How to write 罙, stroke by stroke
8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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How 罙 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character.
木 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺳ (net), shared by 3 characters on this site.
How to remember 罙
Picture a cover ⺳ placed over a tree 木, hiding it far down out of sight. Something covered and hidden like that feels deep, which is the meaning of 罙 (mí).
罙 is almost never used as a word on its own in modern Chinese. You will mostly meet it as a building block inside common characters, such as 深 (shēn, deep) and 探 (tàn, to explore). Example: 这条河很深。(Zhè tiáo hé hěn shēn.) This river is very deep.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 罙 with 采 (cǎi, to pick), because both have 木 on the bottom. Look at the top. 采 has a claw shape 爫, while 罙 has the flat cover ⺳.
Characters that contain 罙
Learning 罙 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 罙
How many strokes are in 罙?
罙 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 罙 mean?
罙 (mí) means deep.
How do you pronounce 罙?
罙 is pronounced mí, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 罙?
The radical of 罙 is ⺳, which carries the idea of "net". Dictionaries list 罙 under this radical.
Should I learn 罙 as a vocabulary word?
Not really. It is mainly useful as a component, so learn it to recognize and remember characters like 深 and 探 more easily.
Does 罙 give its sound to the characters that contain it?
Not reliably in modern Mandarin. 深 is read shēn and 探 is read tàn, so treat 罙 more as a shape and meaning clue for deep or hidden than as a sound hint.