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才 — ability; talent

ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual

Pinyin
cái
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 才: 3 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.

才 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 才 in the HSK syllabus: 11

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. 才cáiability; talent; sb of a certain typeHSK 3
  2. 刚才gāngcáijust now; a moment agoHSK 3
  3. 人才réncáitalent; talented person; looks; attractive looksHSK 5
  4. 才华cáihuátalentHSK 6
  5. 才能cáinéngtalent; ability; capacityHSK 6
  6. 多才多艺duōcái-duōyìmultitalentedHSK 6
  7. 天才tiāncáitalent; gift; genius; talented; giftedHSK 6
  8. 才干cáigànability; competenceHSK 7–9
  9. 成才chéngcáito make sth of oneselfHSK 7–9
  10. 德才兼备décái-jiānbèipossessing both integrity and talentHSK 7–9
  11. 口才kǒucáieloquenceHSK 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.