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太 — highest; greatest; too

highest; greatest; too; very; extremely

Pinyin
tài
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 太: 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.

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

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Words with 太 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. 太tàihighest; greatest; too; very; extremelyHSK 1
  2. 太阳tàiyángsun; sunlight; sunshine; templeHSK 3
  3. 太太tàitaimarried woman; Mrs.; Madam; wifeHSK 5
  4. 老太太lǎotàitaielderly lady; esteemed motherHSK 6
  5. 太空tàikōngouter spaceHSK 6
  6. 太阳能tàiyángnéngsolar energyHSK 6
  7. 太极tàijíthe Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythologyHSK 7–9
  8. 太平tàipíngpeace and securityHSK 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.