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历 — calendar

Pinyin
lì
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 历: 4 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.

历 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 历 in the HSK syllabus: 19

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. 历史lìshǐhistoryHSK 3
  2. 经历jīnglìto experience; to go through; experienceHSK 4
  3. 简历jiǎnlìcurriculum vitae; résumé; biographical notesHSK 5
  4. 日历rìlìcalendarHSK 5
  5. 学历xuélìeducational background; academic qualificationsHSK 5
  6. 历经lìjīngto experience; to go throughHSK 6
  7. 历年lìniáncalendar yearHSK 6
  8. 病历bìnglìmedical record; case historyHSK 7–9
  9. 来历láilìhistory; antecedents; originHSK 7–9
  10. 历程lìchéngcourse; processHSK 7–9
  11. 历代lìdàisuccessive generations; successive dynastiesHSK 7–9
  12. 历届lìjièall previousHSK 7–9
  13. 历来lìláialways; throughout; all-timeHSK 7–9
  14. 历时lìshíto last; to take; period; diachronicHSK 7–9
  15. 农历nónglìthe traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendarHSK 7–9
  16. 阳历yánglìsolar calendar; Western calendarHSK 7–9
  17. 阴历yīnlìlunar calendarHSK 7–9
  18. 阅历yuèlìto experience; experienceHSK 7–9
  19. 资历zīlìqualifications; experience; seniorityHSK 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.