愿 — honest and prudent
- Pinyin
- yuàn
- Strokes
- 14
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 愿: 14 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 愿 in the HSK syllabus: 15
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.
- 愿意yuànyìto wish; to want; ready; willingHSK 3
- 愿yuànhonest and prudentHSK 5
- 愿望yuànwàngdesire; wishHSK 5
- 志愿者zhìyuànzhěvolunteerHSK 5
- 心愿xīnyuàncherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspirationHSK 6
- 祝愿zhùyuànto wishHSK 6
- 自愿zìyuànvoluntaryHSK 6
- 但愿dànyuànif only; I wishHSK 7–9
- 宁愿nìngyuànwould rather ...HSK 7–9
- 情愿qíngyuànwillingness; would ratherHSK 7–9
- 如愿以偿rúyuànyǐchángto have one's wish fulfilledHSK 7–9
- 心甘情愿xīngān-qíngyuàndelighted to; perfectly happy to doHSK 7–9
- 许愿xǔyuànto make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a rewardHSK 7–9
- 意愿yìyuànaspiration; wish; desireHSK 7–9
- 志愿zhìyuànaspiration; ambition; to volunteerHSK 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.