据 — according to
according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize
- Pinyin
- jù · jū
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — jù, jū — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 据: 11 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 据 in the HSK syllabus: 12
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.
- 根据gēnjùaccording to; based on; basis; foundationHSK 3
- 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance withHSK 5
- 据说jùshuōit is said that; reportedlyHSK 5
- 数据shùjùdataHSK 5
- 依据yījùaccording to; basis; foundationHSK 5
- 证据zhèngjùevidence; proof; testimonyHSK 5
- 占据zhànjùto occupy; to holdHSK 6
- 大数据dàshùjùbig dataHSK 7–9
- 据悉jùxīaccording to reports; it is reportedHSK 7–9
- 收据shōujùreceiptHSK 7–9
- 数据库shùjùkùdatabaseHSK 7–9
- 引经据典yǐnjīng-jùdiǎnlit. to quote the classicsHSK 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.