thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft

adjective HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 細

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他画画用的笔很细。

He draws with a very fine pen.

她的字又小又细。

Her handwriting is small and fine.