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HSK2: 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.

125 characters · Batch 3 of 13. Showing the selected level's list.

夫

Learn inside a word

Two horizontal strokes are crossed by a central upright that spreads into lower strokes. Compare with 天 by checking where the upright begins.

大夫 · dài fu

doctor

大夫 is dài fu, with neutral fu. Do not read this complete word as dà fū.

Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.

丈夫 · zhàngfu
husband

These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.

Learn the 4 strokes · write 夫

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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告

Learn inside a word

A short sloping stroke and crossing sit above 口. Compare the upper part with the one above 儿 in 先.

告诉 · gào su

tell

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 告

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.

跟

Learn inside a word

足 is narrowed on the left, with 艮 on the right. Compare its left part with the 彳 in 很.

跟 · gēn

with; follow, in selected uses

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 13 strokes · write 跟

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.

馆

Learn inside a word

饣 on the left and 官 on the right. Notice the roof and enclosed lower shape of 官.

饭馆 · fàn guǎn

restaurant

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 11 strokes · write 馆

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.

过

Learn inside a word

寸 combines with the surrounding movement part 辶. Notice the dot in 寸.

过 · guo

experience marker after a verb, in the selected use

我去过中国 means I have been to China. This neutral guo differs from guò in other uses, such as passing a place.

Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.

过 · guò
go across; pass; pronounced guò

These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.

Learn the 6 strokes · write 过

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.

黑

Learn inside a word

An upper enclosed crossing and lower horizontal lines sit above four marks 灬. Check the entire shape rather than recalling only the dots.

黑色 · hēi sè

black; the colour black

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 12 strokes · write 黑

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.

红

Learn inside a word

纟 on the left and 工 on the right. Compare the right part with the 合 in 给.

红色 · hóng sè

red; the colour red

Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.

红茶 · hóngchá
black tea

These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.

Learn the 6 strokes · write 红

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.

花

Learn inside a word

艹 above 化. The lower part has 亻 on the left and 匕 on the right.

花 · huā

flower, in the selected use

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 花

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.

画

Learn inside a word

A horizontal top sits above 田 within an open-top lower enclosure. Compare its lower edge with 田 alone.

画 · huà

draw; painting or picture, in selected uses

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 8 strokes · write 画

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.

坏

Learn inside a word

土 on the left and 不 on the right. Compare its right part with the 夬 in 块.

坏了 · huài le

broken; no longer working, in the selected use

Practise this character in its guided group. The guided sequence introduces selected useful words across levels.

坏 · huài
bad; broken or not working

These are whole-word readings and selected meanings. A character can have another reading or function in another word.

Learn the 7 strokes · write 坏

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.

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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.

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