骤 meaning and stroke order
Procedure; sudden, abrupt; to gallop
How to write 骤, stroke by stroke
17 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 骤
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- sudden
- unexpected
- abrupt
- suddenly
- Taiwan pr. [zou4]
How 骤 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Horse.
马 gives the meaning and 聚 hints at the sound.
Radical: 马 (horse), shared by 54 characters on this site.
How to remember 骤
骤 is a pictophonetic character: 马 (mǎ, horse) gives the meaning and 聚 (jù) gives the sound. Picture a horse that suddenly breaks into a gallop, and you have the idea of something sudden and abrupt.
骤 rarely stands alone in speech. It mostly appears in set words like 步骤 (bùzhòu, step, procedure) and 骤然 (zhòurán, suddenly), and in written phrases such as 气温骤降 (qìwēn zhòu jiàng, the temperature drops sharply). Example: 请按照步骤操作。(Qǐng ànzhào bùzhòu cāozuò.) Please follow the steps.
Common mistake: Learners often read 骤 as jù because its sound part is 聚 (jù), but the correct reading is zhòu with a fourth tone. Also be careful not to drop the 马 on the left and write only 聚, which means to gather.
Common words with 骤
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
骤 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 骤
How many strokes are in 骤?
骤 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 骤 mean?
骤 (zhòu) means procedure; sudden, abrupt; to gallop. A common word with it is 步骤 (bùzhòu), meaning "procedure; step".
How do you pronounce 骤?
骤 is pronounced zhòu, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 骤?
The radical of 骤 is 马, which carries the idea of "horse". Dictionaries list 骤 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 骤?
The traditional form of 骤 is 驟. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 骤 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 骤 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 骤 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Why does 步骤 mean step or procedure if 骤 means sudden?
In 步骤 the character keeps an older sense of a horse's pace or stride. A procedure is described as a series of paces, one step after another, so the word has nothing to do with suddenness.
Is 骤然 the same as 突然?
Both mean suddenly, but 突然 (tūrán) is the everyday word used in speech. 骤然 sounds more formal and literary and usually appears in writing, such as news reports or descriptions of weather.