Chinese characters with 8 strokes (363)

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Chinese characters with 8 strokes (363)363 characters in our HSK lists are written with exactly 8 strokes.This is the heart of everyday Chinese: the most common stroke counts lie around here, and most characters are a radical joined to a part that hints at the sound.Of these 363 characters, 44 appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2 and 23 have a full word page. The radicals you will see most here: 扌 (shǒu) hand, 氵 (shuǐ) water, 木 (mù) tree, 口 (kǒu) mouth.Common ones: 到 (dào) arrive / reach, 的 (de) possessive particle ('s / of), 狗 (gǒu) dog, 和 (hé) and / with.Characters with 8 strokesHSK 3.0 level 1

爸 (bà) - father

杯 (bēi) - cup

到 (dào) - arrive / reach

的 (de) - possessive particle ('s / of)

店 (diàn) - shop

房 (fáng) - house

非 (fēi) - to not be

服 (fú) - clothes

狗 (gǒu) - dog

国 (guó) - country

果 (guǒ) - fruit

和 (hé) - and / with

话 (huà) - dialect

姐 (jiě) - older sister

卖 (mài) - sell / betray

妹 (mèi) - younger sister

明 (míng) - bright, clear

呢 (ne) - particle: "and…?"

朋 (péng) - friend

苹 (píng) - apple

视 (shì) - to look at

事 (shì) - matter

玩 (wán) - to play / have fun

现 (xiàn) - to appear

些 (xiē) - some / a few

学 (xué) - to learn

宜 (yí) - proper

雨 (yǔ) - rain

知 (zhī) - to know

HSK 3.0 level 2

备 (bèi) - to prepare

表 (biǎo) - watch

画 (huà) - to draw

经 (jīng) - classics

咖 (kā) - coffee

妻 (qī) - wife

绍 (shào) - to connect

试 (shì) - try / test / attempt

始 (shǐ) - to begin

所 (suǒ) - actually

往 (wǎng) - towards / go / head for

姓 (xìng) - surname / to be surnamed

泳 (yǒng) - to swim, to dive

鱼 (yú) - fish

周 (zhōu) - week

HSK 3.0 level 3

板 (bǎn) - board

饱 (bǎo) - full (from eating) / satiated

变 (biàn) - to change

参 (cān) - to take part in

衬 (chèn) - underwear, lining

单 (dān) - bill

担 (dān) - to undertake

典 (diǎn) - canon

定 (dìng) - to set

法 (fǎ) - law

放 (fàng) - to put

该 (gāi) - should

刮 (guā) - to blow (of wind)

怪 (guài) - bewildering

河 (hé) - river

环 (huán) - ring

或 (huò) - or

季 (jì) - season

净 (jìng) - clean

居 (jū) - to live, to reside

刻 (kè) - quarter hour / carve / engrave

空 (kōng) - empty / blank / air

矿 (kuàng) - mineral deposit

练 (liàn) - to practice

码 (mǎ) - weight

爬 (pá) - climb / crawl

怕 (pà) - fear / be afraid of

拍 (pāi) - to pat

其 (qí) - his

奇 (qí) - odd

衫 (shān) - shirt, robe, jacket, gown

实 (shí) - real

受 (shòu) - to receive

叔 (shū) - uncle

刷 (shuā) - to brush

图 (tú) - diagram

物 (wù) - thing

易 (yì) - easy

育 (yù) - to produce, to give birth to

择 (zé) - to select

者 (zhě) - one who ...

直 (zhí) - straight

终 (zhōng) - end

注 (zhù) - to inject

HSK 3.0 level 4

败 (bài) - to defeat

抱 (bào) - to hold

厕 (cè) - toilet, washroom

诚 (chéng) - sincere

底 (dǐ) - bottom / end / base

奋 (fèn) - to exert oneself

肤 (fū) - skin

供 (gōng) - to provide

购 (gòu) - to buy

姑 (gū) - father's sister

规 (guī) - rules, regulations, customs, law

虎 (hǔ) - tiger

呼 (hū) - to call

忽 (hū) - to neglect

货 (huò) - goods

建 (jiàn) - to establish

降 (jiàng) - to drop

郊 (jiāo) - suburbs

金 (jīn) - gold / golden

京 (jīng) - capital city of a country

具 (jù) - tool

肯 (kěn) - to agree

苦 (kǔ) - bitter / hard / painful

垃 (lā) - garbage, refuse, trash, waste

拉 (lā) - to pull

例 (lì) - example

林 (lín) - forest, grove

命 (mìng) - life

闹 (nào) - noisy

泼 (pō) - to splash

青 (qīng) - green

取 (qǔ) - to take

使 (shǐ) - to make

松 (sōng) - loose

抬 (tái) - to lift

态 (tài) - manner, bearing, attitude

味 (wèi) - taste

细 (xì) - thin or slender

详 (xiáng) - detailed

幸 (xìng) - favor, fortune, luck

性 (xìng) - nature

夜 (yè) - night

油 (yóu) - oil

责 (zé) - duty

账 (zhàng) - accounts, bills

招 (zhāo) - to recruit

质 (zhì) - essence, nature

转 (zhuǎn) - to turn

组 (zǔ) - group

HSK 3.0 level 5

哎 (āi) - hey!

版 (bǎn) - a register

宝 (bǎo) - jewel

彼 (bǐ) - that

拨 (bō) - to push aside with the hand

采 (cǎi) - to pick

拆 (chāi) - to tear open

炒 (chǎo) - to sauté

承 (chéng) - to bear

齿 (chǐ) - teeth

宠 (chǒng) - to love

抽 (chōu) - to draw out

刺 (cì) - thorn

范 (fàn) - pattern

肥 (féi) - fat

府 (fǔ) - seat of government

构 (gòu) - to compose, to make

固 (gù) - to solidify

柜 (guì) - cabinet, cupboard, wardrobe

驾 (jià) - to harness

佳 (jiā) - beautiful

艰 (jiān) - difficult

届 (jiè) - to arrive at (place or time)

卷 (juàn) - scroll

昆 (kūn) - elder brother

郎 (láng) - gentleman, young man

泪 (lèi) - tears

录 (lù) - diary

玫 (méi) - rose

陌 (mò) - raised path

奈 (nài) - but, how

念 (niàn) - to read

欧 (ōu) - Europe

凭 (píng) - to lean against

浅 (qiǎn) - shallow

茄 (qié) - eggplant

软 (ruǎn) - soft / gentle / weak

舍 (shè) - to give up

势 (shì) - power

饰 (shì) - to decorate, to adorn

驶 (shǐ) - to drive, to pilot, to ride

诗 (shī) - poem

述 (shù) - to state

肃 (sù) - to pay respects

兔 (tù) - rabbit

拖 (tuō) - to drag

卧 (wò) - to lie

武 (wǔ) - martial

析 (xī) - to split wood

限 (xiàn) - to limit

线 (xiàn) - thread

享 (xiǎng) - to enjoy

胁 (xié) - flank

欣 (xīn) - happy

询 (xún) - to ask about

押 (yā) - to mortgage

沿 (yán) - along

依 (yī) - to depend on

拥 (yōng) - to hold in one's arms

征 (zhēng) - to invite

制 (zhì) - system

治 (zhì) - to rule

织 (zhī) - to weave

HSK 3.0 level 6

岸 (àn) - variant of

昂 (áng) - to rise

拔 (bá) - to pull up

奔 (bēn) - to hurry

侧 (cè) - the side

刹 (chà) - temple, shrine, monastary

畅 (chàng) - freely, smoothly

垂 (chuí) - to hang (down)

诞 (dàn) - birth

抵 (dǐ) - to resist

钓 (diào) - to fish with a hook and line

顶 (dǐng) - apex

肪 (fáng) - animal fat

肺 (fèi) - lung

氛 (fēn) - air

奉 (fèng) - to offer

股 (gǔ) - thigh

孤 (gū) - orphaned

拐 (guǎi) - to turn (a corner etc)

贯 (guàn) - to pierce through

官 (guān) - government official

肩 (jiān) - shoulder

杰 (jié) - hero

径 (jìng) - path, diameter

拦 (lán) - to block sb's path

怜 (lián) - to pity

轮 (lún) - wheel

盲 (máng) - blind

弥 (mí) - full

泥 (ní) - mud

庞 (páng) - disorderly, messy

泡 (pào) - bubble

佩 (pèi) - to respect

披 (pī) - to drape over one's shoulders

贫 (pín) - poor

迫 (pò) - to force

坡 (pō) - slope

枪 (qiāng) - gun

屈 (qū) - bent

券 (quàn) - bond

丧 (sàng) - mourning

尚 (shàng) - still

审 (shěn) - to examine

委 (wěi) - to appoint

炎 (yán) - flame

英 (yīng) - petal, flower, leaf

枕 (zhěn) - pillow

枝 (zhī) - branch

肿 (zhǒng) - to swell

HSK 3.0 levels 7–9

拌 (bàn) - to mix

卑 (bēi) - low

贬 (biǎn) - to devalue, to demote

秉 (bǐng) - to grasp

泊 (bó) - to moor

波 (bō) - waves, ripples, breakers

怖 (bù) - frightened, terrified

诧 (chà) - to be surprised

昌 (chāng) - prosperous

侈 (chǐ) - extravagant

迪 (dí) - to enlighten

迭 (dié) - repeatedly, frequently

炖 (dùn) - to stew

贩 (fàn) - to deal in

废 (fèi) - to abolish

沸 (fèi) - to boil

咐 (fù) - to instruct

斧 (fǔ) - hatchet

疙 (gē) - pimple

苟 (gǒu) - careless, frivolous, illicit

卦 (guà) - divination, fortune-telling

乖 (guāi) - (of a child) obedient

呵 (hē) - expel breath

轰 (hōng) - explosion

昏 (hūn) - muddle-headed

剂 (jì) - dose (medicine)

拣 (jiǎn) - to choose

茎 (jīng) - stalk

炬 (jù) - torch

沮 (jǔ) - to stop, to prevent

拘 (jū) - to detain, to restrain, to seize

侃 (kǎn) - upright and honest

苛 (kē) - severe

隶 (lì) - subservient

帘 (lián) - flag used as a shop sign

拎 (līn) - to lift up

岭 (lǐng) - mountain range

咙 (lóng) - throat

拢 (lǒng) - to gather together

垄 (lǒng) - ridge between fields

陋 (lòu) - coarse, crude

炉 (lú) - stove

虏 (lǔ) - prisoner of war

侣 (lǚ) - companion

氓 (máng) - common people

茂 (mào) - thick, lush, dense

枚 (méi) - classifier for coins

泌 (mì) - to secrete

觅 (mì) - to seek

苗 (miáo) - sprout

庙 (miào) - temple

鸣 (míng) - a bird call or animal cry

沫 (mò) - foam

抹 (mǒ) - to smear

牧 (mù) - shepherd

姆 (mǔ) - governess, matron, nanny

拧 (níng) - to pinch

殴 (ōu) - to beat up

帕 (pà) - to wrap

抨 (pēng) - to impeach

坪 (píng) - a plain

歧 (qí) - to diverge, to fork

祈 (qí) - to pray, to entreat, to beseech

泣 (qì) - to sob

侨 (qiáo) - emigrant

怯 (qiè) - afraid, lacking in courage

顷 (qǐng) - a moment

乳 (rǔ) - breast

若 (ruò) - to seem

肾 (shèn) - kidney

呻 (shēn) - to moan, to groan

绅 (shēn) - member of gentry

侍 (shì) - to serve

枢 (shū) - hinge

饲 (sì) - to raise

坦 (tǎn) - flat

贪 (tān) - to have a voracious desire for

屉 (tì) - drawer

帖 (tiē) - fitting snugly

拓 (tuò) - to develop

旺 (wàng) - prosperous

枉 (wǎng) - useless, in vain

昔 (xī) - former times

侠 (xiá) - knight-errant

弦 (xián) - bow string

贤 (xián) - worthy or virtuous person

泄 (xiè) - variant of

泻 (xiè) - to flow out swiftly

岩 (yán) - cliff

肴 (yáo) - meat dishes

怡 (yí) - harmony

绎 (yì) - to unravel

郁 (yù) - melancholy

岳 (yuè) - mountain peak

枣 (zǎo) - (bound form) jujube

泽 (zé) - marsh, swamp

闸 (zhá) - gear

斩 (zhǎn) - to behead

沾 (zhān) - to moisten

胀 (zhàng) - to swell

沼 (zhǎo) - pond

侦 (zhēn) - to spy, to reconnoiter

郑 (zhèng) - state in today's Henan

帜 (zhì) - flag

肢 (zhī) - limbs

忠 (zhōng) - loyalty, devotion, fidelity

宙 (zhòu) - space, time, space-time

贮 (zhù) - to store

驻 (zhù) - to halt

拄 (zhǔ) - to lean on

卓 (zhuó) - profound, lofty, brilliant

拙 (zhuō) - awkward

宗 (zōng) - school

咀 (zuǐ) - to chew

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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