Meanings

  1. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
  2. (bound form) standard; norm
  3. (bound form) principle
  4. (literary) to imitate; to follow
  5. classifier for written items

Quick facts

Traditional
Strokes6
HSK LevelHSK 7–9
CEFRC2

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