正常
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
正常 (zhèngcháng) · normal
正常 (zhèngcháng) means “normal; regular”. It is written with 2 characters: 正 (straight) + 常 (often). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 正常 is built
The characters
正 zhèng · straight
What 正 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 止zhǐ — to stop
- 上shàng — up
- ⺊ — structural part
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 上shàng — up
Origin hint: A foot 止 stopping in the right place 一 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
常 cháng · often
What 常 is made of
- 尚shàng — still
- ⺌ — structural part
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 巾 gives the meaning, 尚 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他的身体很正常。Tā de shēntǐ hěn zhèngcháng.His health is normal.
这样正常吗？Zhèyàng zhèngcháng ma?Is this normal?
Questions about 正常
What does 正常 mean?
正常 (zhèngcháng) means “normal; regular”.
How do you pronounce 正常?
正常 is pronounced zhèngcháng.
Which HSK level is 正常?
正常 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 正在zhèngzàiin the process of
- 真正zhēnzhèngreal
- 正好zhènghǎojust right
- 正确zhèngquècorrect
- 正是zhèngshìto be exactly
- 反正fǎnzhènganyway
- 正式zhèngshìformal
- 改正gǎizhèngto correct
- 端正duānzhèngupright
- 更正gēngzhèngto correct
Learn 正常 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 23: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.