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Stroke order
的 is written in 8 strokes.

- 的
Senses
- of; ~'s (possessive particle)
- (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
- (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
Example sentences
- 这是我的书。Zhè shì wǒ de shū.This is my book.
- 那是谁的猫?Nà shì shéi de māo?Whose cat is that?
Related words
的 is pronounced de. You will meet it in HSK 1, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 的 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.