Radical 丨

4 strokes

A stroke which pierces through the whole character, such as the vertical one here, is generally drawn last.

This character often means “China” or “Chinese”, from the Chinese way of referring to their country as the “middle kingdom”.

中文 (25) zhōngwén (written) Chinese

/ In the middle of each wheel of his car, the giant had etched a picture of a jonquil. (A jonquil is a type of small daffodil. You’ll have to excuse us if we sometimes have to scratch around for soundwords — some sounds come at the start of very few English words!)