HSK 1 characters
The 300 characters that first appear in HSK 1 vocabulary (new HSK 3.0 syllabus), ordered by how many HSK words use them. Open any character to see its stroke order, parts and word web.
- 不bùno
- 人rénperson
- 子zi(noun suffix)
- 一yīone
- 大dàbig
- 出chūto go out
- 上shàng(bound form) up
- 动dòng(of sth) to move
- 有yǒuto have
- 手shǒuhand
- 下xiàdown
- 生shēngto be born
- 儿érson, child
- 地de-ly
- 来láito come
- 气qìgas
- 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive)
- 面miànface
- 车chēcar
- 外wàioutside
- 水shuǐwater
- 分fēnto divide
- 好hǎogood
- 学xuéto learn
- 得déto obtain
- 时shío'clock
- 事shìmatter
- 行xíngto walk
- 会huìcan
- 天tiānday
- 中zhōngwithin
- 用yòngto use
- 说shuōto speak
- 后hòuempress
- 过guòto cross
- 高gāohigh
- 体tǐbody
- 机jīdesk
- 到dàoto reach
- 家jiāhome
- 年niányear
- 重zhòngheavy
- 前qiánfront
- 口kǒumouth
- 小xiǎosmall
- 打dǎto beat
- 期qīperiod
- 作zuòto do
- 同tónglike
- 起qǐto rise
- 点diǎnpoint
- 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose
- 方fāngsquare
- 电diànlightning
- 路lùroad
- 名míngname
- 日rìsun
- 见jiànto see
- 风fēngwind
- 工gōnglabor, work
- 道dàoroad
- 对duìright
- 看kànto see
- 能néngcan
- 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
- 身shēnbody, torso
- 国guócountry
- 难nándifficult (to...)
- 多duōmany
- 明míngbright, clear
- 是shìto be (followed by substantives only)
- 回huíto circle
- 本běnroot
- 话huàdialect
- 边biānside
- 关guānmountain pass
- 想xiǎngto think (about)
- 新xīnnew
- 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- 要yàoto want
- 进jìnto go forward
- 放fàngto put
- 正zhèngstraight
- 别biéto leave
- 文wénlanguage
- 火huǒfire
- 教jiàoreligion
- 热rèto warm up
- 视shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard
- 书shūbook
- 常chángalways
- 现xiànto appear, to manifest
- 球qiúball
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 门méngate
- 了le(completed action marker)
- 从cóngfrom
- 假jiǎfake
- 样yàngmanner
- 病bìngillness
- 花huāflower
- 语yǔwords, language
- 间jiānbetween
- 去qùto go
- 在zàito exist
- 字zìletter
- 就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case
- 干gàntree trunk
- 真zhēnreally
- 笑xiàoto laugh
- 告gàoto say
- 女nǚfemale
- 客kèguest, traveller
- 山shānmountain
- 比bǐto compare
- 号hàoordinal number
- 商shāngcommerce, business, trade
- 少shǎofew
- 快kuàirapid
- 早zǎoearly
- 服fúclothes
- 歌gēsong
- 没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not
- 爱àito love
- 包bāoto cover
- 听tīngto listen to
- 和hé(joining two nouns) and
- 次cìnext in sequence
- 记jìto record
- 里lǐlining
- 问wènto ask
- 影yǐngshadow
- 果guǒfruit, nut
- 试shìto test
- 远yuǎnfar
- 先xiānearly
- 友yǒufriend, companion
- 图túdiagram
- 晚wǎnevening
- 白báiwhite
- 觉juéto feel
- 认rènto recognize
- 走zǒuto walk
- 冷lěngcold
- 半bànhalf
- 喜xǐto love
- 备bèito prepare
- 差chàdifferent
- 师shīteacher, professional, master
- 房fángbuilding, house, room
- 条tiáostrip
- 树shùtree
- 票piàoticket
- 钱qiáncoin
- 住zhùto live
- 的deof
- 网wǎngnet
- 考kǎoto beat
- 西xīwest
- 识shíto know
- 个gè(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
- 么meinterrogative particle
- 候hòuto wait, to expect
- 兴xìngto thrive, to prosper, to flourish
- 准zhǔnto allow
- 月yuèmoon
- 班bānteam
- 衣yīcloth
- 请qǐngto ask
- 非fēito not be
- 饭fàncooked rice
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to
- 星xīngstar, planet
- 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story
- 课kèsubject
- 错cuòmistake
- 院yuàncourtyard
- 东dōngeast
- 写xiěto write
- 吃chīto eat
- 欢huānhappy, glad, joyful
- 等děngclass
- 这zhè(pronoun) this
- 送sòngto send
- 馆guǎnpublic building
- 马mǎhorse
- 今jīnmodern, current
- 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- 再zàiagain
- 南nánsouth
- 太tàihighest
- 忙mángbusy
- 读dúto read out
- 贵guìexpensive
- 那nà(specifier) that
- 飞fēito fly
- 习xíto study, to practice
- 休xiūto rest
- 医yīto cure, to heal, to treat
- 店diàninn
- 玩wánto play with, to joke, to entertain
- 跑pǎoto run
- 雨yǔrain
- 三sānthree
- 二èrtwo
- 做zuòto make
- 北běinorth
- 坏huàibad
- 毛máohair
- 洗xǐto wash
- 男nánmale
- 站zhànstation
- 脑nǎobrain
- 还háistill
- 两liǎngtwo
- 们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 唱chàngto sing
- 忘wàngto forget
- 慢mànslow
- 百bǎihundred
- 答dáto answer
- 米mǐrice
- 系xìto connect
- 诉sùto accuse, to sue
- 零língzero
- 些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- 八bāeight
- 午wǔnoon
- 四sìfour
- 奶nǎibreast
- 最zuìmost
- 朋péngfriend, pal, acquaintance
- 睡shuìto sleep
- 穿chuānto wear
- 给gěito
- 茶chátea
- 跟gēnheel
- 介jièagent, go-between, intermediary
- 净jìngclean
- 哪nǎhow
- 弟dìyounger brother
- 怎zěnwhat? why? how?
- 拿náto hold
- 累lèitired
- 蛋dànegg
- 都dōuall
- 也yě(adverb) also
- 买mǎito buy
- 五wǔfive
- 什shénwhat? mixed, miscellaneous
- 他tāhe
- 右yòu(bound form) right
- 坐zuòto sit
- 姐jiěolder sister
- 床chuángbed
- 找zhǎoto try to find
- 旁pángone side
- 杯bēicup
- 牛niúox
- 菜càidish (type of food)
- 鸡jīfowl
- 七qīseven
- 几jǐhow much
- 十shíten
- 叫jiàoto shout
- 哥gēelder brother
- 孩háibaby, child
- 左zuǒleft
- 帮bāngto help
- 校xiàoschool
- 汽qìgasoline
- 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth")
- 吧bābar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
- 喝hēto drink
- 块kuàilump
- 妈māma
- 妹mèiyounger sister
- 岁suìyears old
- 我wǒI
- 桌zhuōtable, stand, desk, counter
- 汉hànChinese people
- 爷yégrandfather, old man
- 肉ròumeat
- 谢xièto thank
- 页yèpage
- 饿èto be hungry
- 京jīngcapital city
- 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
- 六liùsix
- 吗ma(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 她tāshe
- 很hěn(adverb of degree)
- 渴kěthirsty
- 爸bàfather
- 谁shéiwho
- 九jiǔnine
- 呢neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")
- 您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
- 昨zuóyesterday
- 绍shàoto connect