首都 shǒudū capital

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Measure word: 个

Stroke order

首都 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

首都 — the Chinese character for capital (shǒudū), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 首都 — capital

首 — 9 strokes
都 — 10 strokes

Characters in 首都

首 shǒu — head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
都 dū — capital city; metropolis

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

北京是中国的首都。Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū.Beijing is the capital of China.
这个国家的首都很大。Zhège guójiā de shǒudū hěn dà.This country's capital is very large.

Related words

首都 is pronounced shǒudū and means “capital”.

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