Chinese characters with 12 strokes (269)

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Chinese characters with 12 strokes (269)269 characters in our HSK lists are written with exactly 12 strokes.At this size characters are usually built from two or three components. Learn them part by part - the radical first, then the rest.Of these 269 characters, 18 appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2 and 21 have a full word page. The radicals you will see most here: 扌 (shǒu) hand, 木 (mù) tree, 氵 (shuǐ) water, 口 (kǒu) mouth.Common ones: 喝 (hē) drink, 喂 (wèi) hello? (on the phone), 椅 (yǐ) chair, 等 (děng) wait / etc..Characters with 12 strokesHSK 3.0 level 1

超 (chāo) - to exceed

道 (dào) - road

喝 (hē) - drink

期 (qī) - a period of time

喂 (wèi) - hello? (on the phone)

喜 (xǐ) - to love

谢 (xiè) - to thank

椅 (yǐ) - chair

HSK 3.0 level 2

等 (děng) - wait / etc.

黑 (hēi) - black

就 (jiù) - just / then / right away

裤 (kù) - pants, trousers

跑 (pǎo) - run / escape

晴 (qíng) - sunny / clear (weather)

然 (rán) - certainly

舒 (shū) - to stretch

游 (yóu) - to swim

最 (zuì) - most / -est

HSK 3.0 level 3

遍 (biàn) - (measure word: one time through, from…

答 (dá) - answer / reply

短 (duǎn) - short / brief

街 (jiē) - street

渴 (kě) - thirsty

裙 (qún) - skirt

提 (tí) - to carry (in the hand)

遇 (yù) - to encounter

越 (yuè) - to exceed

HSK 3.0 level 4

傲 (ào) - proud

棒 (bàng) - great

博 (bó) - to gamble, to play games

程 (chéng) - process, rules

厨 (chú) - kitchen

窗 (chuāng) - window

登 (dēng) - to scale (a height)

幅 (fú) - (measure word for paintings, pictures)

富 (fù) - rich

傅 (fù) - tutor, teacher

寒 (hán) - cold

喊 (hǎn) - to yell

景 (jǐng) - scenery

棵 (kē) - classifier for trees

联 (lián) - to ally oneself with

量 (liàng) - quantity

落 (luò) - fall / drop / settle

帽 (mào) - hat

牌 (pái) - mahjong tile

脾 (pí) - spleen

葡 (pú) - Portugal

普 (pǔ) - general

强 (qiáng) - strong

琴 (qín) - musical instrument

确 (què) - certain, sure

散 (sǎn) - scattered

森 (sēn) - forest

稍 (shāo) - somewhat

剩 (shèng) - to remain

释 (shì) - to explain

暑 (shǔ) - heat

童 (tóng) - child

痛 (tòng) - ache

温 (wēn) - warm

羡 (xiàn) - to envy

愉 (yú) - pleasant, delightful

暂 (zàn) - temporary

植 (zhí) - to plant

装 (zhuāng) - to install

尊 (zūn) - to honor

HSK 3.0 level 5

傍 (bàng) - beside, close, nearby

裁 (cái) - to cut out (as a dress)

曾 (céng) - once

插 (chā) - to insert

朝 (cháo) - imperial or royal court

番 (fān) - foreign (non-Chinese)

隔 (gé) - to separate

锅 (guō) - pot

猴 (hóu) - monkey

湖 (hú) - lake

滑 (huá) - to slip

缓 (huǎn) - slow

惠 (huì) - act of kindness

集 (jí) - to gather

践 (jiàn) - to trample

敬 (jìng) - (bound form) respectful

款 (kuǎn) - funds, payment

媒 (méi) - medium

赔 (péi) - to compensate for loss

骗 (piàn) - to cheat

趋 (qū) - to hasten

厦 (shà) - large building

善 (shàn) - good (virtuous)

赏 (shǎng) - to bestow (a reward)

湿 (shī) - wet / damp / moist

属 (shǔ) - category

税 (shuì) - tax / duty

搜 (sōu) - to search

锁 (suǒ) - to lock

替 (tì) - to substitute for

握 (wò) - to hold

销 (xiāo) - to melt (metal)

遗 (yí) - to lose

硬 (yìng) - hard / firm / stiff

喻 (yù) - metaphor, analogy

寓 (yù) - residence, lodge, dwelling

掌 (zhǎng) - palm of the hand

智 (zhì) - wisdom, knowledge, intelligence

筑 (zhù) - to build

煮 (zhǔ) - to cook

紫 (zǐ) - purple / violet

HSK 3.0 level 6

辈 (bèi) - lifetime

悲 (bēi) - sorrow, sadness, grief

逼 (bī) - to force (sb to do sth)

编 (biān) - to weave

策 (cè) - policy

趁 (chèn) - to avail oneself of

惩 (chéng) - to punish

储 (chǔ) - to store up

搭 (dā) - to put up

跌 (diē) - to fall

渡 (dù) - to cross

愤 (fèn) - anger, indignation

赋 (fù) - tax

港 (gǎng) - harbor

割 (gē) - to cut

棍 (gùn) - stick

惑 (huò) - to confuse

椒 (jiāo) - pepper

焦 (jiāo) - burnt

馈 (kuì) - gift, present

阔 (kuò) - ample, broad, wide

链 (liàn) - chain

晾 (liàng) - to dry in the air

棉 (mián) - generic term for cotton or kapok

喷 (pēn) - to puff

铺 (pù) - plank bed

棋 (qí) - chess

欺 (qī) - to cheat

谦 (qiān) - modest

腔 (qiāng) - (bound form) cavity

筛 (shāi) - (bound form) a sieve

塔 (tǎ) - pagoda

筒 (tǒng) - tube

晰 (xī) - clear

雄 (xióng) - male

循 (xún) - to follow

裕 (yù) - abundant

援 (yuán) - to assist

殖 (zhí) - to grow

粥 (zhōu) - congee / rice porridge

椎 (zhuī) - hammer

棕 (zōng) - brown

HSK 3.0 levels 7–9

隘 (ài) - narrow

奥 (ào) - mysterious, obscure, profound

掰 (bāi) - to break off or break open sth with…

斑 (bān) - freckled

谤 (bàng) - to slander

堡 (bǎo) - fortress

惫 (bèi) - tired, weary, fatigued

馋 (chán) - gluttonous

搀 (chān) - to take by the arm and assist

敞 (chǎng) - open to the view of all

畴 (chóu) - field, farmland

揣 (chuǎi) - to estimate

喘 (chuǎn) - to gasp

赐 (cì) - to confer

葱 (cōng) - spring onion / scallion

窜 (cuàn) - to flee

搓 (cuō) - to rub or roll between the hands or…

蒂 (dì) - stem

缔 (dì) - to tie, to join

堤 (dī) - dike

奠 (diàn) - to found, to settle

鼎 (dǐng) - large

董 (dǒng) - to supervise

赌 (dǔ) - to bet

敦 (dūn) - honest, candid, sincere

惰 (duò) - lazy

鹅 (é) - variant of

遏 (è) - to curb

焚 (fén) - to burn

粪 (fèn) - manure

锋 (fēng) - point of a spear

溉 (gài) - to irrigate

搁 (gē) - to place

雇 (gù) - to employ

辜 (gū) - crime

棺 (guān) - coffin

酣 (hān) - to enjoy liquor

喉 (hóu) - throat

猾 (huá) - crafty, cunning, shrewd

痪 (huàn) - numbness, paralysis

慌 (huāng) - to get panicky

辉 (huī) - brightness, luster

棘 (jí) - thorns

缉 (jī) - to sieze, to arrest

颊 (jiá) - cheeks

溅 (jiàn) - to splash

搅 (jiǎo) - to disturb

揭 (jiē) - to take the lid off

筋 (jīn) - muscle

晶 (jīng) - crystal

窘 (jiǒng) - distressed

揪 (jiū) - to seize

竣 (jùn) - to terminate, to finish, to end

慨 (kǎi) - sigh, regret, lament

堪 (kān) - to endure

筐 (kuāng) - basket

溃 (kuì) - a flooding river

愧 (kuì) - ashamed

腊 (là) - dried meat

喇 (lā) - horn, bugle

缆 (lǎn) - cable

揽 (lǎn) - to monopolize

棱 (léng) - squared timber

愣 (lèng) - to look distracted

裂 (liè) - to split

搂 (lōu) - to draw towards oneself

鲁 (lǔ) - foolish, stupid, rash

屡 (lǚ) - time and again

缕 (lǚ) - strand

蛮 (mán) - barbarians

媚 (mèi) - to flatter

缅 (miǎn) - distant, remote

渺 (miǎo) - vast

募 (mù) - to levy, to raise

嵌 (qiàn) - valley, ravine

翘 (qiào) - to stick up

禽 (qín) - birds

惹 (rě) - to provoke

揉 (róu) - to knead

锐 (ruì) - acute

嫂 (sǎo) - older brother's wife

骚 (sāo) - to annoy, to bother

赎 (shú) - to redeem

疏 (shū) - to dredge

酥 (sū) - flaky pastry

毯 (tǎn) - blanket

艇 (tǐng) - boat

椭 (tuǒ) - elliptical, oval-shaped

腕 (wàn) - wrist

湾 (wān) - bay

窝 (wō) - nest

隙 (xì) - crack

稀 (xī) - rare

翔 (xiáng) - to soar

猩 (xīng) - ape

锈 (xiù) - variant of

婿 (xù) - son-in-law

絮 (xù) - cotton wadding

喧 (xuān) - clamor

雅 (yǎ) - elegant

雁 (yàn) - wild goose

焰 (yàn) - flame

谣 (yáo) - popular ballad

椰 (yē) - coconut palm

逾 (yú) - to exceed

御 (yù) - chariot

缘 (yuán) - cause

葬 (zàng) - to bury (the dead)

凿 (záo) - chisel

渣 (zhā) - slag (in mining or smelting)

筝 (zhēng) - guzheng

滞 (zhì) - sluggish

铸 (zhù) - to cast or found metals

琢 (zhuó) - to cut

滋 (zī) - to grow

揍 (zòu) - to hit

Other words on HanziBook

韩 (hán) - Korea, especially South Korea

葫 (hú) - bottle-gourd

喱 (lí) - grain

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Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License