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久 — long

Pinyin
jiǔ
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 久: 3 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

久 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 久 in the HSK syllabus: 12

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 不久bùjiǔnot long; before too long; soon; soon afterHSK 3
  2. 好久hǎojiǔfor a long timeHSK 3
  3. 久jiǔlongHSK 3
  4. 长久chángjiǔlong-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanentHSK 5
  5. 久远jiǔyuǎnlasting; enduring; extending over a long period of timeHSK 5
  6. 悠久yōujiǔlongHSK 5
  7. 持久chíjiǔlasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protractedHSK 6
  8. 经久不息jīngjiǔ-bùxīprolongedHSK 7–9
  9. 久违jiǔwéifor a long time; a long time since we last metHSK 7–9
  10. 久仰jiǔyǎnghonorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.HSK 7–9
  11. 天长地久tiāncháng-dìjiǔenduring while the world lasts; eternalHSK 7–9
  12. 永久yǒngjiǔeverlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanentHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.