Chinese character 腰 yāo — the waist and lower back
Stroke order of 腰
Written in 13 strokes. The grey stroke under the arrow is the one you write now: the dot shows where to start, the arrow — which way to go.
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What 腰 is made of
- ⺼meat, fleshmeaning
- 要to wantsound
Tip: ⺼ hints at the meaning and 要 at the pronunciation.
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