Skip main navigation

Chinese characters

You will learn 2 more strokes; 4 single-component characters and one more strokes order rule.

Two new strokes

the first stroke of today is left-falling to dot, which in Chinese is called 撇点 piědiăn. It is a combination of left-falling and dot.

The next stroke is horizontal to left-falling, which in Chinese is called 横撇 héngpiě.

Four new Characters

女 nǚ woman

好 hăo good

水 shuǐ water

了 le function word, indicating a change of a new circumstance

Homework作业

Distinguish the following Chinese characters and try to make words with each character after class.

她 tā vs 好 hǎo

多duō vs 名 míng

This article is from the free online

HSK Standard Course Level 1: 1.1

Created by
FutureLearn - Learning For Life

Reach your personal and professional goals

Unlock access to hundreds of expert online courses and degrees from top universities and educators to gain accredited qualifications and professional CV-building certificates.

Join over 18 million learners to launch, switch or build upon your career, all at your own pace, across a wide range of topic areas.

Start Learning now