Chinese characters by HSK level
All 3000 characters of the new HSK 3.0 — with pinyin, English meaning, stroke order animation, component breakdown and example words. Every character has a free printable worksheet.
HSK 1 300 characters
- 爱àito love
- 八bāeight
- 爸bàfather
- 吧babar
- 白báiwhite
- 百bǎihundred
- 班bānteam
- 半bànhalf
- 帮bāngto help
- 包bāoto cover
- 杯bēicup
- 北běinorth
- 备bèito prepare
- 本běnroot
- 比bǐto compare
- 边biānside
- 别biéto leave
- 病bìngillness
- 不bùno
- 菜càivegetable
- 茶chátea
- 差chàdifferent
- 常chángalways
- 场chǎnglarge place used for a…
- 唱chàngto sing
- 车chēcar
- 吃chīto eat
- 出chūto go out
- 穿chuānto bore through
- 床chuángbed
- 次cìnext in sequence
- 从cóngfrom
- 错cuòmistake
- 答dáto answer
- 打dǎto hit
- 大dàbig
- 蛋dànegg
- 到dàoto reach
- 道dàoroad
- 得déto obtain
HSK 2 300 characters
- 啊amodal particle ending…
- 安āncalm
- 般bānsort
- 板bǎnboard
- 办bànto take care of (a matter)
- 饱bǎoto eat till full
- 报bàoto report
- 背bèithe back of a body or object
- 笔bǐwriting brush
- 必bìcertainly
- 变biànto change
- 便biànplain
- 遍biàneverywhere
- 表biǎoexterior surface
- 部bùministry
- 才cáiability
- 参cānto take part in
- 餐cānmeal
- 草cǎograss
- 层céngto pile on top of one…
- 查cháto research
- 长chánglong
- 超chāoto exceed
- 晨chénmorning
- 称chēngto weigh
- 成chéngto succeed
- 楚chǔdistinct
- 处chùplace
- 船chuánboat
- 吹chuīto blow
- 春chūnspring (season)
- 词cíword
- 带dàiband
- 单dānbill
- 但dànbut
- 当dāng(onom.) dong
- 倒dǎoto fall
- 灯dēnglamp
- 低dīlow
- 典diǎncanon
HSK 3 300 characters
- 按ànto press
- 把bǎto hold
- 搬bānto move
- 保bǎoto defend
- 被bèiquilt
- 币bìmoney
- 标biāomark
- 并bìngand
- 播bōto sow (seeds)
- 补bǔto repair
- 布bùto announce
- 步bùa step
- 材cáimaterial
- 采cǎito pick
- 彩cǎi(bright) color
- 曾céngonce
- 察cháto examine
- 产chǎnto give birth
- 厂chǎngfactory
- 朝cháoimperial or royal court
- 吵chǎonoisy
- 衬chèn
- 城chéngcity walls
- 程chéngrule
- 持chíto hold
- 充chōngsufficient
- 初chūat first
- 除chúto get rid of
- 础chǔfoundation
- 传chuánto pass on
- 创chuàngto initiate
- 此cǐthis
- 村cūnvillage
- 存cúnto exist
- 达dáto attain
- 代dàito be a substitute for
- 待dāito stay
- 刀dāoknife
- 导dǎoto transmit
- 底dǐbottom
HSK 4 300 characters
- 阿āprefix used before…
- 矮ǎi(of a person) short
- 案àn(legal) case
- 暗àndark
- 巴bāto long for
- 摆bǎito arrange
- 败bàito defeat
- 伴bànpartner
- 薄báothin
- 宝bǎojewel
- 抱bàoto hold
- 贝bèicowrie
- 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold
- 笨bènstupid
- 毕bìthe whole of
- 闭bìto close
- 避bìto avoid
- 编biānto weave
- 辩biànto dispute
- 冰bīngice
- 兵bīngsoldiers
- 擦cāto rub
- 财cáimoney
- 操cāoto grasp
- 测cèto survey
- 抄chāoto make a copy
- 潮cháotide
- 彻chèthorough
- 沉chénto submerge
- 诚chéngsincere
- 承chéngto bear
- 迟chílate
- 尺chǐa Chinese foot
- 冲chōng(of water) to dash against
- 虫chónglower form of animal life
- 抽chōuto draw out
- 窗chuāngwindow
- 纯chúnpure
- 刺cìthorn
- 粗cū(of sth long) wide
HSK 5 300 characters
- 碍àito hinder
- 岸ànbank
- 拔báto pull up
- 拜bàito bow to
- 版bǎna register
- 扮bànto disguise oneself as
- 棒bàngstick
- 悲bēisad
- 辈bèilifetime
- 鼻bínose
- 彼bǐthat
- 壁bìwall
- 宾bīnvisitor
- 饼bǐnground flat cake
- 玻bōglass
- 博bóabundant
- 猜cāito guess
- 裁cáito cut out (as a dress)
- 册cèbook
- 叉chāfork
- 插chāto insert
- 拆chāito tear open
- 柴cháifirewood
- 肠chángintestines
- 尝chángto taste
- 偿chángto repay
- 倡chàngto initiate
- 乘chéngto ride
- 池chípond
- 愁chóuto worry about
- 丑chǒuclown
- 臭chòustench
- 厨chúkitchen
- 触chùto touch
- 闯chuǎngto rush
- 辞cíto resign
- 聪cōngacute (of hearing)
- 脆cuìbrittle
- 呆dāifoolish
- 贷dàito lend on interest
HSK 6 300 characters
- 挨áito suffer
- 傲àoproud
- 罢bàto stop
- 榜bǎngnotice or announcement
- 傍bàngnear
- 胞bāoplacenta
- 暴bàosudden
- 爆bàoto explode
- 奔bènto go to
- 逼bīto compel
- 扁biǎnflat
- 拨bōto push aside with the hand
- 波bōwave
- 捕bǔto catch
- 踩cǎito step on
- 残cánto destroy
- 惨cǎnmiserable
- 仓cāngbarn
- 藏cángto conceal
- 厕cèrestroom
- 侧cèthe side
- 策cèpolicy
- 昌chāngprosperous
- 畅chàngfree
- 炒chǎoto sauté
- 撤chèto remove
- 撑chēngto support
- 崇chónghigh
- 宠chǒngto love
- 储chǔto store up
- 串chuànto string together
- 醋cùvinegar
- 搭dāto put up
- 诞dànbirth
- 党dǎngparty
- 档dàngshelves (for files)
- 岛dǎoisland
- 蹈dǎoto tread on
- 盗dàoto steal
- 滴dīto drip
HSK 7-9 1200 characters
- 哎āihey!
- 哀āisorrow
- 癌áicancer
- 蔼ǎifriendly
- 艾àiChinese mugwort (Artemisia)
- 唉àialas
- 隘àinarrow
- 昂ángto lift
- 凹āoconcave
- 熬áoto cook on a slow fire
- 奥àoobscure
- 澳àodeep bay
- 扒bāto peel
- 叭bādenote a sound or sharp…
- 芭bāan unidentified fragrant…
- 靶bǎtarget
- 坝bà(used in place names) plain
- 霸bàhegemon
- 掰bāito break off or break…
- 柏bǎicedar
- 扳bānto pull
- 颁bānto promulgate
- 斑bānspot
- 拌bànto mix
- 瓣bànpetal
- 邦bāngcountry
- 绑bǎngto tie
- 谤bàngto slander
- 磅bàngscale
- 镑bàngpound (sterling) (loanword)
- 煲bāodeep cooking pot
- 堡bǎofortress
- 豹bàoleopard
- 曝pùto air
- 卑bēilow
- 碑bēia monument
- 狈bèia legendary wolf
- 惫bèiexhausted
- 崩bēngto collapse
- 绷bēngto draw tight
- 蹦bèngto jump
- 鄙bǐrustic
- 毙bìto die
- 痹bìparalysis
- 碧bìgreen jade
- 蔽bìto cover
- 弊bìdetriment
- 臂bìarm
- 鞭biānwhip or lash
- 贬biǎnto diminish
- 辨biànto distinguish
- 辫biàna braid or queue
- 飙biāovery strong wind
- 憋biēto choke
- 彬bīnurbane
- 滨bīnwater's edge
- 缤bīnabundant
- 丙bǐngthird of the ten Heavenly…
- 秉bǐngto grasp
- 柄bǐnghandle or shaft