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养 — to raise; to bring up; to keep

to raise; to bring up; to keep; to support; to give birth

Pinyin
yǎng
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 养: 9 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.

养 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 养 in the HSK syllabus: 23

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. 养yǎngto raise; to bring up; to keep; to supportHSK 3
  2. 养成yǎngchéngto cultivate; to raise; to form; to acquireHSK 4
  3. 培养péiyǎngto cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurtureHSK 5
  4. 营养yíngyǎngnutrition; nourishmentHSK 5
  5. 养老yǎnglǎoto provide for the elderlyHSK 6
  6. 养老院yǎnglǎoyuànnursing homeHSK 6
  7. 保养bǎoyǎngto take good care of one's healthHSK 7–9
  8. 抚养fǔyǎngto foster; to bring up; to raiseHSK 7–9
  9. 供养gōngyǎngto supply; to provide for one's eldersHSK 7–9
  10. 教养jiàoyǎngto educate; to bring up; to nurtureHSK 7–9
  11. 疗养liáoyǎngto get well; to heal; to recuperate; to convalesceHSK 7–9
  12. 领养lǐngyǎngto adoptHSK 7–9
  13. 赡养shànyǎngto support; to provide support for; to maintainHSK 7–9
  14. 收养shōuyǎngto take in and care for; to adopt; adoptionHSK 7–9
  15. 饲养sìyǎngto raise; to rearHSK 7–9
  16. 素养sùyǎngaccomplishment; attainment in self-cultivationHSK 7–9
  17. 喂养wèiyǎngto feed; to keep; to raiseHSK 7–9
  18. 休养xiūyǎngto recuperate; to recover; to convalesceHSK 7–9
  19. 修养xiūyǎngaccomplishment; training; self-cultivationHSK 7–9
  20. 养活yǎnghuoto provide for; to keep; to raise animalsHSK 7–9
  21. 养生yǎngshēngto maintain good health; to raise a child or animalHSK 7–9
  22. 养育yǎngyùto rear; to bring up; to nurtureHSK 7–9
  23. 养殖yǎngzhíto raise; to breedHSK 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.