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必 — certainly; must; will

certainly; must; will; necessarily

Pinyin
bì
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 必: 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. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

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

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Words with 必 in the HSK syllabus: 14

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. 必须bìxūto have to; must; compulsory; necessarilyHSK 3
  2. 不必búbìneed not; does not have to; not necessarilyHSK 4
  3. 必bìcertainly; must; will; necessarilyHSK 5
  4. 必然bìráninevitable; certain; necessityHSK 5
  5. 必需bìxūto need; to require; essential; indispensableHSK 5
  6. 必要bìyàonecessary; essential; indispensable; requiredHSK 5
  7. 必修bìxiūrequired; compulsoryHSK 6
  8. 未必wèibìnot necessarily; maybe notHSK 6
  9. 必不可少bìbùkěshǎoabsolutely necessary; indispensable; essentialHSK 7–9
  10. 必定bìdìngto be bound to; to be sure toHSK 7–9
  11. 必将bìjiānginevitablyHSK 7–9
  12. 何必hébìthere is no need; why shouldHSK 7–9
  13. 势必shìbìto be bound to; undoubtedly willHSK 7–9
  14. 务必wùbìmust; to need to; to be sure toHSK 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.