Rocket in Chinese (Mandarin): 火箭 (huǒjiàn)
火箭
huǒjiàn
rocket
- Simplified
- 火箭
- Traditional
- 火箭
- Pinyin
- huǒjiàn
- Typed as
- huojian
Use it in a sentence
火箭飞向太空。
火箭飛向太空。
The rocket flies into space.
The characters in 火箭
火
Fire.
4 strokes
箭
Arrow. 竹 (bamboo) is on top, because arrows were made of bamboo.
15 strokes
火箭 is a "fire arrow". Fire arrows with gunpowder were invented in China long ago.
More examples with 火箭
火箭飞得很快。
火箭飛得很快。
Huǒjiàn fēi de hěn kuài.
The rocket flies very fast.
我想坐火箭去月亮。
Wǒ xiǎng zuò huǒjiàn qù yuèliang.
I want to ride a rocket to the moon.
How to write 火箭 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
火 4 strokes
箭 15 strokes
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