Every character in our HSK word lists, arranged two ways: by the radical it is filed under, and by how many strokes it takes to write. Each one opens with its stroke-order animation.
Most Chinese characters are built from smaller parts. One of them, the radical, is the part a dictionary files the character under - 214 of them in the traditional Kangxi system that most dictionaries still follow.
The radical is usually the meaning part: characters with 氵 (shuǐ) tend to be about water, those with 讠 (yán) about speech. The rest of the character often gives a hint of the sound. Knowing the common radicals turns a wall of new characters into familiar pieces.
Grouped by the number of strokes in the radical itself. Only radicals with at least 4 characters in our lists get a page.
From the single stroke of 一 (yī) to the most complex characters in the HSK lists.
A stroke is one movement of the pen without lifting it. A turn or a hook belongs to the same stroke, so 口 (kǒu) is three strokes, not four. Radical forms count as written: 氵 (shuǐ) is three strokes even though 水 (shuǐ) is four.
The 2,979 characters characters used in HanziBook's vocabulary: the HSK 2.0 levels 1–6, the practical words, and every level of HSK 3.0, including the 7–9 band. The meanings are short glosses; open a character for its words, audio and practice.
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