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料 — material; stuff; grain

material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess

Pinyin
liào
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 料: 10 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.

料 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 料 in the HSK syllabus: 19

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. 饮料yǐnliàodrink; beverageHSK 3
  2. 材料cáiliàomaterial; dataHSK 4
  3. 塑料sùliàoplastic; plasticsHSK 4
  4. 资料zīliàomaterial; resources; data; information; profileHSK 4
  5. 不料búliàounexpectedly; to one's surpriseHSK 6
  6. 料liàomaterial; stuff; grain; feed; to expectHSK 6
  7. 燃料ránliàofuelHSK 6
  8. 预料yùliàoto forecast; to anticipate; expectationHSK 6
  9. 原材料yuáncáiliàoraw and semifinished materialsHSK 6
  10. 原料yuánliàoraw materialHSK 6
  11. 出人意料chūrényìliàounexpected; surprisingHSK 7–9
  12. 肥料féiliàofertilizer; manureHSK 7–9
  13. 料理liàolǐto arrange; to handle; to cook; cuisineHSK 7–9
  14. 饲料sìliàofeed; fodderHSK 7–9
  15. 调料tiáoliàocondiment; seasoning; flavoringHSK 7–9
  16. 香料xiāngliàospice; flavoring; condiment; perfumeHSK 7–9
  17. 意料yìliàoto anticipate; to expect; expectationsHSK 7–9
  18. 照料zhàoliàoto tend; to take care of sbHSK 7–9
  19. 作料zuòliaocondiments; seasoning; coll. pr. [zuo2 liao5]HSK 7–9

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