践
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jiàn · to trample, to tread on, to walk over

Master the form, understand its parts, and learn how it behaves in real Chinese.

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Learn every stroke in 践

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

12Total strokes

Count each continuous pen movement once, including turns and hooks.

Left-rightCharacter structure

Keep the left side compact and leave enough room for the right side.

足Key radical

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Example sentences

Notice where 践 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ men zěn yàng cái néng jiāng qí fù chū shí jiàn?我们怎样才能将其付出实践?

How can we put it into practice?

Source: Tatoeba #10007005 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhège gōng zuò xū yào shí jiàn.这个工作需要实践。

This job calls for practice.

Source: Tatoeba #512896 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zuò jì huà shì yì mǎ shì, fù zhū shí jiàn shì lìng yì mǎ shì.做计划是一码事,付诸实践是另一码事。

It's one thing to make plans, but quite another to carry them out.

Source: Tatoeba #11242977 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Lǐ lùn shàng shuō, lǐ lùn hé shí jiàn méi yǒu qū bié. dàn shí jiàn shàng shuō, shì yǒu de.理论上说,理论和实践没有区别。但实践上说,是有的。

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.

Source: Tatoeba #389790 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zuòwéi yí gè xǐhuan dòng shǒu shí jiàn de rén cháng cháng bǎ péng yǒu de qì chē xiū hǎo.她作为一个喜欢动手实践的人常常把朋友的汽车修好。

As she's a very practical person, she often fixes her friends' cars.

Source: Tatoeba #788984 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shí jiàn chū zhēn zhī.实践出真知。

Experience brings wisdom.

Source: Tatoeba #1750390 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 践 in context

  1. Say jiàn, then recall the core meaning: to trample, to tread on, to walk over.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 实践 (shí jiàn), meaning “practice”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 践 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.