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害 — to do harm to; to cause trouble to

to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity

Pinyin
hài
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 害: 10 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.

害 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 害 in the HSK syllabus: 20

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. 害怕hàipàto be afraid; to be scaredHSK 3
  2. 害羞hàixiūshy; embarrassed; bashfulHSK 4
  3. 厉害lìhaiterrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstandingHSK 4
  4. 伤害shānghàito injure; to harmHSK 5
  5. 损害sǔnhàiharm; to damage; to impairHSK 5
  6. 危害wēihàito harm; to jeopardize; to endangerHSK 5
  7. 有害yǒu hàidestructive; harmful; damagingHSK 5
  8. 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evilHSK 6
  9. 灾害zāihàicalamity; disasterHSK 6
  10. 害虫hàichónginjurious insect; pestHSK 7–9
  11. 祸害huòhaidisaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damageHSK 7–9
  12. 利害lìhàipros and cons; advantages and disadvantagesHSK 7–9
  13. 谋害móuhàito conspire to murder; to plot against sb's lifeHSK 7–9
  14. 迫害pòhàito persecuteHSK 7–9
  15. 侵害qīnhàito encroach on; to infringe onHSK 7–9
  16. 杀害shāhàito murderHSK 7–9
  17. 受害shòuhàito suffer damage, injury etc; damaged; injuredHSK 7–9
  18. 受害人shòuhàirénvictimHSK 7–9
  19. 陷害xiànhàito entrap; to set up; to frameHSK 7–9
  20. 要害yàohàivital part; key point; crucialHSK 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.