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坚jiānstrong
坚 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
决juéto decide
冫ice · bīng
夬decisive · guài
Memory aidSimplified from 決, water 氵 breaking through a bank. 夬 (guài) gives the sound: to burst, to decide.
How to write 坚决
坚 7 strokes · 决 6 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 坚决 (jiānjué). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
坚决 (jiānjué) means “firm” or “resolute”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiānjué: jiān with a 1st tone, then jué with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 坚决 is written 堅決. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianjue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 坚决 from the suggestions. Typing jianjue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
坚决 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
坚jiān1st tone, high and level
决jué2nd tone, rising
