拼 (pīn) is a Chinese character meaning “to piece together”. It is written from 扌 (hand (radical form)) and 并 (to combine; side by side), side by side, and takes 9 strokes.
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Structure
扌 + 并
Left–right structure
Structure from: ids-decomposition (⿰扌并; 3+6 笔与 hanzi-writer-data 的 9 笔字形一致)
Memory aid
A hand (扌) on the left, and 并 "to put side by side" on the right. Your hand brings the separate pieces side by side until they lock together — that is 拼.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
9 strokes
In real words
- 拼音pīn yīnpinyin; phonetic spelling of Chinese拼 = pīn
- 拼图pīn tújigsaw puzzle拼 = pīn
Go deeper
All readings
to piece together
to piece together; to join up; to spell out; to go all out (risking everything)
把分开的部分合在一起；也指不顾一切地干。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 拼音pīn yīnpinyin; phonetic spelling of Chinese拼 = pīn
- 拼图pīn tújigsaw puzzle拼 = pīn
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 拼 mean?
拼 (pīn) means to piece together; to join up; to spell out; to go all out (risking everything).
How do you pronounce 拼?
It is pronounced pīn.
What parts is 拼 made of?
扌 (hand (radical form)) and 并 (to combine; side by side), side by side. The recorded source is: ids-decomposition (⿰扌并; 3+6 笔与 hanzi-writer-data 的 9 笔字形一致). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 拼 have?
9. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 拼?
扌. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 拼?
Common ones are 拼音 and 拼图. The reading of 拼 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.