Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "冬", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "冬", and master the standard way of writing the character "冬".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 冬
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "冬" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
冬 [dōng]
名
1. The fourth season of the year.
- Example: 冬季 (winter season), 冬天 (winter), 冬眠 (hibernation).
2. A surname.
3. An onomatopoeia that represents the sound of drumming.
- Example: 战鼓冬冬 (the sound of war drums).
4. The end or the last.
引
1. From 《说文》: "冬, 四时尽也" (Winter signifies the end of the four seasons).
2. From 《诗·邶风·谷风》: "我有旨蓄,亦以御冬" (I have provisions to survive the winter).
3. From 《诗·陈风·宛丘》: "无冬无夏" (neither winter nor summer).
4. From 《后汉书·张纯传》: "冬者,五谷成熟,物备礼成" (In winter, the grains mature, and provisions are ready for the rituals).
例
- For example: 冬暖夏凉 (warm in winter and cool in summer), 冬酿 (brewing alcohol in winter), 冬温 (a type of fever caused by winter), 冬计 (livelihood in the cold winter).
3. Another term for the eleventh month in the lunar calendar.
引
1. From 清·林觉民《与妻书》: 在冬之望日前后, 窗外疏梅筛月影 (Around the full moon in winter, the sparse plum trees cast shadows on the window).
4. The conclusion or the end.
引
1. From 《马王堆汉墓帛书》: "诰诰作事,毋从我冬始" (Begin not from me in winter affairs).
象
冬冬声 (rub-a-dub; rat-tat; rat-a-tat) — describes the sound of knocking on the door or on a drum.
Example: 冬冬 (to describe the sound of knocking).