们 — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- Pinyin
- men
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 们: 5 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.
Words with 们 in the HSK syllabus: 7
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.
- 们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individualsHSK 1
- 你们nǐmenyouHSK 1
- 他们tāmenthey; themHSK 1
- 它们tāmenthey; themHSK 1
- 她们tāmenthey; themHSK 1
- 我们wǒmenwe; us; ourselves; ourHSK 1
- 咱们zánmenwe or us spoken to); I or me; youHSK 3
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.