Characters · 9 strokes
很
hěn very
Where the shape comes from
The double person radical 彳 on the left, which marks movement, with 艮 on the right for the sound.
彳step
艮sound
Write it
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Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
很好
hěn hǎo
very good
很多
hěn duō
a lot
很忙
hěn máng
very busy
Watch out: the mistake people make
Treating it as very every time. In front of a plain adjective it carries almost no weight and just means is.