汉字
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
汉字 (hànzì) · Chinese character
汉字 (hànzì) means “Chinese character”. It is written with 2 characters: 汉 (Han) + 字 (character). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 汉字 is built
The characters
汉 hàn · Han
What 汉 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 又yòu — and
Origin hint: Simplified form of 漢; the Han 𦰩 river 氵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
字 zì · character
What 字 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A child 子 in a house 宀; 子 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
汉字很难写。Hànzì hěn nán xiě.Chinese characters are hard to write.
这个汉字怎么读？Zhège hànzì zěnme dú?How do you read this Chinese character?
Questions about 汉字
What does 汉字 mean?
汉字 (hànzì) means “Chinese character”.
How do you pronounce 汉字?
汉字 is pronounced hànzì.
Which HSK level is 汉字?
汉字 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 汉语HànyǔChinese language
- 名字míngziname
- 数字shùzìnumber
- 字典zìdiǎndictionary
- 文字wénzìwriting
- 字母zìmǔletter (of the alphabet)
- 字幕zìmùsubtitles
- 赤字chìzìdeficit
- 繁体字fántǐzìtraditional Chinese characters
- 简体字jiǎntǐzìsimplified Chinese characters
Learn 汉字 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 44: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.