Chinese course / HSK2 / Characters
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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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.
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.