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右 — right; right-hand side

right; right-hand side; right of center; west

Pinyin
yòu
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

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

右 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 右 in the HSK syllabus: 5

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. 右yòuright; right-hand side; right of center; westHSK 2
  2. 右边yòubianright side; right, to the rightHSK 2
  3. 左右zuǒyòuleft and right; nearby; approximately; attendantHSK 4
  4. 左顾右盼zuǒgù-yòupànglancing to left and right; to look all aroundHSK 7–9
  5. 座右铭zuòyòumíngmotto; maximHSK 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.