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慢 — slow

Pinyin
màn
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 慢: 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.

慢 — 14 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 慢 in the HSK syllabus: 5

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. 慢mànslowHSK 2
  2. 缓慢huǎnmànslow; unhurried; sluggishHSK 5
  3. 傲慢àomànarrogant; haughtyHSK 7–9
  4. 怠慢dàimànto slight; to neglectHSK 7–9
  5. 慢性mànxìngslow and patient; chronic; slow to take effectHSK 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.