bǐ huà

笔 画

ReadWriteQuiz

1
n.(of Chinese characters) strokes such as dot, horizontal vertical etc.
- yù zì de bǐ huà yǒu wǔ gè
  “玉”字的笔画有五个。
  The character "玉" has five strokes.
2
n.(of a Chinese character) number of strokes
- shū qián miàn yǒu hàn zì bǐ huà suǒ yǐn
  书前面有汉字笔画索引。
  There is a stroke order index of Chinese characters at the front of books.

笔画