藤
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téng · ivy, creeper

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Shape and proportion

18Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

Keep the upper section balanced above the lower section.

艹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 藤

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Example sentences

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Qiáng bèi cháng qīng téng fù gài le yí bùfen.墙被常青藤覆盖了一部分。

The wall is partly covered with ivy.

Source: Tatoeba #9953379 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sòng zhè shù huā de rén kě néng shì zuǒ téng xiǎo jiě.送这束花的人可能是佐藤小姐。

It might have been Miss Satoh who sent these flowers.

Source: Tatoeba #784983 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Téng cūn hé bái qiū zhè yàng de shī rén tài shǎo le.藤村和白秋这样的诗人太少了。

Such poets as Toson and Hakushu are rare.

Source: Tatoeba #2680412 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yě hěn gāoxìng jiàn dào nǐ, yī téng xiān shēng.我也很高兴见到你,伊藤先生。

I'm glad to meet you, too, Mr Ito.

Source: Tatoeba #1360008 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jiā téng xiān shēng tài lǎo le, méi fǎ zài gōng zuò le.加藤先生太老了,没法再工作了。

Mr. Kato was too old to work any longer.

Source: Tatoeba #12179904 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jiā téng xiān shēng shì yí wèi lǎo shī.加藤先生是一位老師。

Mr Kato is a teacher.

Source: Tatoeba #616057 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 藤 in context

  1. Say téng, then recall the core meaning: ivy, creeper.
  2. Write all 18 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 藤蔓 (téng wàn), meaning “vine”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 藤 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.