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Chinese Vocabulary

letter

xìn4th tone
Pinyin
xìn
Strokes
9
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 信

is written with 9 strokes. The animation replays automatically.

Usage

Distinguished from 信封 on purpose: the 信 is the message, the 信封 is what makes it count.

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这个小东西叫封。

This small thing is called an envelope.

Berlin Had Sixteen Months to Switch Envelopes. The New Ones Ran Out in Two Weeks, and People Due in Prison Stayed Home.

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