们
men plural for people
5 strokesTraditional 們
Where the shape comes from
A person, 亻, with 门, a door, which gives the sound. It goes on pronouns and people words to make them plural.
亻person
门door, for the sound
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
Press Watch to see the stroke order.
Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
我们wǒmenwe
你们nǐmenyou, plural
朋友们péngyoumenfriends
Watch out
The mistake people make
Adding it to things. 们 is only for people, so never 书们 for books.
The traditional form
In Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau this character is written 們. It is the same word with the same sound and meaning. This course teaches the simplified form, and the traditional one is here so you recognise it when you see it.