奶 — breast; milk; to breastfeed
- Pinyin
- nǎi
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 奶: 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.
Words with 奶 in the HSK syllabus: 6
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.
- 牛奶niúnǎicow's milkHSK 1
- 奶茶nǎichámilk teaHSK 2
- 奶奶nǎinaigrandma; mistress of the house; boobies; breastsHSK 2
- 酸奶suānnǎiyogurtHSK 4
- 奶粉nǎifěnpowdered milkHSK 6
- 奶酪nǎilàocheeseHSK 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.