健康
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
健康 (jiànkāng) · healthy
健康 (jiànkāng) means “healthy; health”. It is written with 2 characters: 健 (strong) + 康 (health). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 健康 is built
The characters
健 jiàn · strong
What 健 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 建jiàn — to build
- 廴yǐn — to walk
- 聿yù — writing brush
- 肀yù — pen
Origin hint: Someone 亻 who can build 建 things; 建 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
康 kāng · health
What 康 is made of
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 隶lì — subservient
- 彐jì — snout
- 二 — two strokes
- 氺shui — structural part
- 亅 — hook
- 彐jì — snout
Origin hint: A home 广 with a servant 隶 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
身体健康最重要。Shēntǐ jiànkāng zuì zhòngyào.Good health is the most important thing.
多运动对健康好。Duō yùndòng duì jiànkāng hǎo.Exercising more is good for your health.
Questions about 健康
What does 健康 mean?
健康 (jiànkāng) means “healthy; health”.
How do you pronounce 健康?
健康 is pronounced jiànkāng.
Which HSK level is 健康?
健康 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
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Learn 健康 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 32: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.