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护 — to protect

Pinyin
hù
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 护: 7 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.

护 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 护 in the HSK syllabus: 16

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. 护照hùzhàopassportHSK 3
  2. 保护bǎohùto protect; to defend; to safeguard; protectionHSK 4
  3. 护士hùshinurseHSK 4
  4. 爱护àihùto cherish; to treasure; to take care ofHSK 5
  5. 救护车jiùhùchēambulanceHSK 5
  6. 维护wéihùto defend; to safeguard; to protect; to upholdHSK 6
  7. 辩护biànhùto speak in defense of; to argue in favor ofHSK 7–9
  8. 防护fánghùto defend; to protectHSK 7–9
  9. 呵护hēhùto bless; to cherish; to take good care ofHSK 7–9
  10. 护hùto protectHSK 7–9
  11. 护理hùlǐto nurse; to care forHSK 7–9
  12. 监护jiānhùto act as a guardianHSK 7–9
  13. 看护kānhùto nurse; to look after; to watch overHSK 7–9
  14. 守护shǒuhùto guard; to protectHSK 7–9
  15. 掩护yǎnhùto screen; to shield; to cover; protection; coverHSK 7–9
  16. 拥护yōnghùto endorse; to supportHSK 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.