Chinese character handwriting
Chinese Character Writing
Choose an HSK level, watch the correct stroke order, practise it, then connect the character back to the reference and real HSK vocabulary.
Try one character
Start with 爱
HSK 3.0 writing scope
1,200 official writing-character recordsPractice by HSK level
HSK 195 practice targetsStroke animation · trace · writeHSK 2100 official HSK 1–2 writing charactersOfficial source combines HSK 1 and HSK 2 writing · practice page planned HSK 3150 writing charactersOfficial HSK 3 writing inventory · practice page planned HSK 4150 writing charactersOfficial HSK 4 writing inventory · practice page planned HSK 5150 writing charactersOfficial HSK 5 writing inventory · practice page planned HSK 6150 writing charactersOfficial HSK 6 writing inventory · practice page planned HSK 7–9500 writing charactersOfficial combined advanced writing band · practice page planned
Before you write
How Chinese characters are built
Strokes
Characters are written as ordered strokes rather than as one continuous drawing. HSK 1 now includes animation, guided tracing and stroke-order checking.
Structure
Characters fit components into square space: left–right, top–bottom, enclosing and other common layouts. Structure helps handwriting stay balanced.
Learn in words
Writing a character is more useful when it connects to words you actually study. HSK One links writing targets back to Vocabulary and Characters.
Official writing bands and HSK One practice sets
The current HSK 3.0 syllabus provides writing-character inventories by official source band. HSK 1 and HSK 2 are combined into one 100-character writing inventory, and HSK 7–9 are also combined. HSK One keeps those source boundaries intact.
The active HSK 1 handwriting set contains 95 characters because it is the intersection of the HSK 1 recognition inventory and the official combined HSK 1–2 writing inventory. It is a practice set, not a separate official HSK 1 writing count.