Chinese course / HSK1 / Characters
HSK1: character recognition
Begin with the gentle character starter if these shapes are new. This page is the official HSK 3.0 study list, with links to words containing each character. Use five to ten targets alongside words you already understand.
Look at a character inside a familiar word. Cover the word's reading and meaning, recall them, then open its example to check. Recognising a component alone does not tell you the meaning of every word containing it.
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雨
Learn inside a word
A horizontal top sits above an enclosure with a central vertical and four inner dots. Count the inner dots when comparing 雨 with other enclosures.
下雨 · xià yǔ
rain; be raining
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
雨 · yǔ
rain
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 8 strokes · write 雨
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
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语
Learn inside a word
讠 on the left, with 吾 on the right. The right side includes 五 above 口.
汉语 · hàn yǔ
Chinese language
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 9 strokes · write 语
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
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元
Learn inside a word
Two horizontal strokes sit above 儿. Compare with 先, whose upper part is different.
五元 · wǔ yuán
five yuan
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
元 · yuán
yuan, the currency unit
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 4 strokes · write 元
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
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The writing check compares your strokes with this model. A completed trace is practice, rather than proof of independent handwriting. Your strokes stay on this page.
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院
Learn inside a word
阝 on the left and 完 on the right. Compare the left-side position with the right-side 阝 in 那.
医院 · yī yuàn
hospital
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
电影院 · diànyǐngyuàn
cinema
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 9 strokes · write 院
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
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The writing check compares your strokes with this model. A completed trace is practice, rather than proof of independent handwriting. Your strokes stay on this page.
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月
Learn inside a word
Two short horizontal strokes inside an upright shape whose left side is not the square side of 日. Compare a printed model carefully.
月 · yuè
month; moon
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 4 strokes · write 月
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
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The writing check compares your strokes with this model. A completed trace is practice, rather than proof of independent handwriting. Your strokes stay on this page.
The model's font shape can differ from the reading font. Compare stroke structure and proportions rather than font styling.
再
Learn inside a word
A horizontal top sits above an enclosing shape crossed by a central vertical and lower horizontal line. Compare the complete model with 在 rather than using sound alone.
再见 · zài jiàn
goodbye; see you again
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
再 · zài
again; then, for a later action
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 6 strokes · write 再
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
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在
Learn inside a word
A horizontal top and sloping stroke sit over a vertical left part and 土 on the lower right.
在家 · zài jiā
at home
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
在 · zài
at; in; mark an action in progress in suitable frames
现在 · xiànzài
now
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 6 strokes · write 在
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
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The writing check compares your strokes with this model. A completed trace is practice, rather than proof of independent handwriting. Your strokes stay on this page.
The model's font shape can differ from the reading font. Compare stroke structure and proportions rather than font styling.
早
Learn inside a word
日 above 十. Keep both familiar parts when recalling the complete shape.
早上 · zǎo shang
morning
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
早 · zǎo
early; good morning as a greeting
早饭 · zǎofàn
breakfast
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 6 strokes · write 早
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
Open this panel to load the model.
The writing check compares your strokes with this model. A completed trace is practice, rather than proof of independent handwriting. Your strokes stay on this page.
The model's font shape can differ from the reading font. Compare stroke structure and proportions rather than font styling.
怎
Learn inside a word
乍 above 心. Compare its lower 心 with the lower part of 您.
怎么 · zěn me
how; in what way
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
怎么样 · zěnmeyàng
how; what something is like
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 9 strokes · write 怎
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
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The writing check compares your strokes with this model. A completed trace is practice, rather than proof of independent handwriting. Your strokes stay on this page.
The model's font shape can differ from the reading font. Compare stroke structure and proportions rather than font styling.
找
Learn inside a word
扌 on the left and 戈 on the right. Notice the long slanting hooked stroke and small upper-right stroke on the right.
找 · zhǎo
look for; seek
Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.
These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.
Learn the 7 strokes · write 找
Watch the direction and order. Use “Next stroke” to go slowly, then try writing with the model hidden. On paper, copy once, cover the model, write once, and compare.
Open this panel to load the model.
The writing check compares your strokes with this model. A completed trace is practice, rather than proof of independent handwriting. Your strokes stay on this page.
The model's font shape can differ from the reading font. Compare stroke structure and proportions rather than font styling.
Source and coverage
Character lists come from the official HSK 3.0 syllabus. Recognition and handwriting lists remain separate. All listed characters have local stroke models; the guided prose teaches selected characters. This inventory, model practice and word links do not constitute complete character instruction or exam readiness.
Stroke models: Hanzi Writer Data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi. Copyright © 1999 Arphic Technology Co., Ltd. Data is provided without warranty and may be redistributed under the Arphic Public License. The renderer uses the MIT license.