HSK 2 characters
The 298 characters that first appear in HSK 2 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.
- 心xīnheart
- 发fāto send out
- 头tóuhead
- 力lìpower
- 意yìthought, idea, opinion
- 自zìself
- 公gōngpublic
- 成chéngto succeed
- 长zhǎngchief
- 理lǐtexture
- 定dìngto set
- 实shíreal, true
- 情qíngfeeling
- 于yúto go
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal
- 合héto close
- 可kě(prefix) can
- 主zhǔowner
- 当dāng(onom.) dong
- 通tōngto go through
- 然ráncertainly
- 交jiāoto hand over
- 为wèibecause of
- 度dùto pass
- 信xìnletter
- 处chùplace
- 以yǐto use
- 收shōuto receive
- 平píngflat
- 流liúto flow
- 物wùthing, substance, matter
- 感gǎnto feel
- 海hǎiocean
- 入rùto enter
- 全quánall
- 接jiēto receive
- 法fǎlaw
- 如rúas
- 而érand
- 节jiéjoint
- 业yèline of business
- 报bàoto announce
- 量liàngcapacity
- 利lìsharp
- 所suǒactually
- 目mùeye
- 眼yǎneye
- 经jīngclassics
- 观guānto observe, to spectate
- 部bùministry
- 数shùnumber
- 空kōngempty
- 位wèiposition
- 加jiāto add
- 取qǔto take
- 向xiàngtowards
- 声shēngsound
- 提títo carry (hanging down from the hand)
- 求qiúto seek
- 结jiéknot
- 言yánwords, speech
- 受shòuto receive
- 安ān(bound form) calm
- 应yīngto agree (to do sth)
- 特tèspecial
- 表biǎoexterior surface
- 养yǎngto raise (animals)
- 原yuánformer
- 照zhàoto shine
- 色sècolor
- 论lùndebate
- 运yùnto move
- 复fùagain, repeatedly
- 务wùaffairs, business
- 带dàiband
- 计jìto calculate
- 往wǎngto go (in a direction)
- 推tuīto push
- 清qīng(of water etc) clear
- 画huàto draw
- 举jǔto lift
- 乐lèhappy
- 办bànto do
- 单dānbill
- 变biànto change
- 夜yènight
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider
- 改gǎito change
- 片piànthin piece
- 直zhístraight
- 科kēbranch of study
- 算suànto regard as
- 装zhuāngadornment
- 近jìnnear
- 选xuǎnto choose
- 顺shùnto obey
- 便biànplain
- 其qíhis
- 味wèitaste
- 活huóto live
- 游yóuto swim
- 留liúto leave (a message etc)
- 助zhùto help, to aid, to assist
- 急jíurgent
- 温wēnwarm, lukewarm
- 红hóngred
- 级jílevel
- 队duìsquadron
- 随suíto follow
- 题títopic
- 食shífood
- 件jiànitem
- 使shǐto make
- 倒dàoto invert
- 共gòngcommon
- 护hùto protect
- 顾gùto look after
- 餐cānmeal
- 礼lǐgift
- 离líto leave
- 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine)
- 音yīnsound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
- 低dīlow
- 停tíngto stop
- 室shìroom
- 必bìcertainly
- 愿yuànhonest
- 确quècertain, sure
- 称chēngto weigh
- 万wànten thousand
- 久jiǔ(long) time
- 周zhōuto make a circuit
- 市shìmarket
- 换huànto exchange
- 由yóuto follow
- 船chuánboat
- 药yàoleaf of the iris
- 像xiàngto resemble
- 只zhīgrain that has begun to ripen
- 园yuánland used for growing plants
- 完wánto finish
- 排páia row
- 查cháto research
- 满mǎnto fill
- 短duǎnshort
- 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
- 闻wénto hear
- 例lìprecedent, example, case
- 态tàimanner, bearing, attitude
- 组zǔto form
- 讨tǎoto invite
- 许xǔto allow
- 超chāoto exceed
- 适shìmatch, comfortable
- 典diǎnlaw, canon
- 刻kèquarter (hour)
- 卡kǎto stop
- 印yìnto print
- 参cānto take part in, to intervene
- 司sīto take charge of, to control, to manage
- 响xiǎngecho
- 广guǎngwide
- 灯dēnglamp
- 育yùto produce, to give birth to
- 背bèithe back of a body or object
- 草cǎograss
- 讲jiǎngto speak
- 轻qīnglight
- 静jìngstill
- 黑hēiblack
- 亮liàngbright
- 克kèto be able to
- 划huàto delimit
- 千qiānthousand
- 卖màito sell
- 占zhànto take possession of
- 堂táng(main) hall
- 座zuòseat
- 故gùhappening
- 更gèngmore
- 油yóuoil
- 笔bǐpen
- 练liànto practice
- 角jiǎoangle
- 越yuèto exceed
- 凉liángcool
- 因yīncause
- 封fēngto confer
- 层céngto pile on top of one another
- 才cáiability
- 旅lǚjourney, trip
- 板bǎnboard
- 段duànparagraph
- 绿lǜgreen
- 借jièto lend
- 健jiànstrong, robust, healthy
- 嘴zuǐmouth
- 套tàoto cover
- 已yǐalready
- 拉lāto pull
- 掉diàoto fall
- 普pǔwidespread, universal, general
- 检jiǎnto check, to examine, to inspect
- 碰pèngto touch
- 脸liǎnface
- 英yīngpetal, flower, leaf
- 雪xuěsnow
- 青qīnggreen
- 鞋xiéshoe
- 份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
- 忽hūsuddenly, abruptly
- 怕pàto be afraid
- 惯guànaccustomed to
- 熟shúripe
- 省shěngto save
- 租zūto hire
- 街jiēstreet
- 词cíword
- 阳yángthe male principle
- 阴yīnovercast (weather)
- 刚gānghard
- 墙qiángwall
- 够gòuenough (sufficient)
- 或huòmaybe
- 春chūnspringtime
- 脚jiǎofoot
- 蓝lánblue
- 让ràngto yield
- 迎yíngto welcome
- 钟zhōnghandleless cup
- 铁tiěiron (metal)
- 银yínsilver
- 靠kàoto lean against or on
- 黄huángyellow
- 且qiěand
- 云yún(classical) to say
- 但dànbut
- 吹chuīto blow
- 姓xìngfamily name
- 宜yífitting, proper, right
- 己jǐself, oneself
- 弄nòngto do
- 末mòtip
- 永yǒnglong
- 河hériver
- 瓶píngbottle
- 疼téng(it) hurts
- 纸zhǐpaper
- 脏zàngviscera
- 遍biàneverywhere
- 际jìborder, boundary, juncture
- 鱼yúfish
- 句jùsentence
- 哭kūto cry
- 夏xiàsummer
- 庭tíngcourt
- 康kānghealth
- 懂dǒngto understand
- 晨chéndawn, early morning
- 晴qíngclear
- 椅yǐchair, seat
- 爬páto crawl
- 睛jīngeyeball
- 秋qiūautumn, fall
- 舒shūrelaxed, comfortable
- 虽suīalthough
- 该gāishould
- 须xūmust
- 颜yánface, facial appearance
- 饱bǎoto eat till full
- 冬dōngwinter, 11th lunar month
- 咱zánI or me
- 喂wèihey
- 喊hǎnto yell
- 它tāit
- 挺tǐngstraight
- 斤jīncatty
- 湖húlake
- 漂piàoelegant
- 猫māocat
- 碗wǎnbowl
- 篇piānsheet
- 篮lánbasket
- 绩jīachievements, merit
- 腿tuǐleg
- 般bānsort, manner, kind, class
- 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles
- 骑qíto sit astride
- 鸟niǎobird
- 亿yì100 million
- 努nǔto exert, to strive, to make an effort
- 又yòu(once) again
- 啊amodal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
- 楚chǔclear, distinct
- 澡zǎoto wash, to bathe
- 狗gǒudog
- 筷kuàichopsticks
- 饺jiǎostuffed dumplings