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做 — to make; to produce; to write

to make; to produce; to write; to compose

Pinyin
zuò
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 做: 11 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. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

做 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 做 in the HSK syllabus: 8

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. 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to composeHSK 1
  2. 做饭zuò fànto prepare a meal; to cookHSK 1
  3. 做客zuòkèto be a guest or visitorHSK 3
  4. 做法zuòfǎway of handling sth; method for making; work methodHSK 4
  5. 做梦zuòmèngto dream; to have a dream; to indulge in wishful thinkingHSK 4
  6. 定做dìngzuòto have something made to orderHSK 7–9
  7. 做证zuòzhèng—HSK 7–9
  8. 做主zuòzhǔ—HSK 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.