辫 Strokes Write it Listen 辫 biàn braid, pigtail, plait; queue HSK 7–9 17 strokes Radical 辛 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from辛soundxīnbitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem纟meaningsīsilk; thread How it works纟 hints at the meaning (thread), and 辛 xīn hints at the sound.