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也 — also; too; as well

also; too; as well; either; even

Pinyin
yě · Yě
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — yě, Yě — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 也: 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.

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

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Words with 也 in the HSK syllabus: 3

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. 也yěalso; too; as well; either; evenHSK 1
  2. 也许yěxǔperhaps; maybeHSK 4
  3. 也好yěhǎothat's fine; may as wellHSK 6

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.