档案 dàng’àn archives

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Traditional: 檔案

Stroke order

档案 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

档案 — the Chinese character for archives (dàng’àn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 档案 — archives

档 — 10 strokes
案 — 10 strokes

Characters in 档案

档 dàng — (bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files; crosspiece (of a table etc)
案 àn — (legal) case; incident; record

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

Related words

档案 is pronounced dàng’àn and means “archives”.

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