袤 meaning and stroke order
Longitude; lengthwise; length
How to write 袤, stroke by stroke
11 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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Meaning of 袤
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- length
- distance from north to south
How 袤 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Cloth.
衣 gives the meaning and 矛 hints at the sound.
Radical: 衣 (cloth), shared by 33 characters on this site.
How to remember 袤
A spear 矛 (máo) is tucked inside a long robe 衣 (yī), splitting it top to bottom. Think of a robe so long it stretches from north to south, and the spear gives the sound mào.
袤 is a literary character and almost always appears in the set word 广袤 (guǎngmào), meaning vast or wide open, used for land, plains, and skies. Example: 广袤的草原 (guǎngmào de cǎoyuán) the vast grasslands.
Common mistake: Learners often read 袤 as máo because of the phonetic 矛, but the tone is fourth, mào. Also do not confuse it with 茂 (mào, lush), which has the grass radical on top and the same sound.
Common words with 袤
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 广袤 | guǎngmào | vast |
袤 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 袤
How many strokes are in 袤?
袤 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 袤 mean?
袤 (mào) means longitude; lengthwise; length. A common word with it is 广袤 (guǎngmào), meaning "vast".
How do you pronounce 袤?
袤 is pronounced mào, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 袤?
The radical of 袤 is 衣, which carries the idea of "cloth". Dictionaries list 袤 under this radical.
What does 广袤 literally mean?
广 refers to east-west width and 袤 to north-south length, so together they describe land that is large in every direction. In modern use it simply means vast or boundless.
Can 袤 be used on its own in modern Chinese?
Rarely. On its own it shows up mainly in classical texts meaning length or north-south distance. In everyday writing you will meet it inside 广袤.