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改 7 strokes

改 gǎi — to change; to alter

7 strokes · radical 攵 (knock)

or change the grid and spacing

A way to remember it

A kneeling child beside 攵, a hand with a stick. Correction, applied — the same 攵 does the work in 教 and 政.

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A kneeling child beside 攵, a hand with a stick.

Words it turns up in

改为改变修改

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