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概 — general; approximate

general; approximate; without exception; categorically

Pinyin
gài
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 概: 13 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.

概 — 13 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 概 in the HSK syllabus: 9

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. 大概dàgàiroughly; probably; rough; approximate; aboutHSK 3
  2. 概括gàikuòto summarize; to generalizeHSK 5
  3. 概念gàiniànconcept; ideaHSK 5
  4. 概率gàilǜprobabilityHSK 6
  5. 概gàigeneral; approximateHSK 7–9
  6. 概况gàikuànggeneral situation; summaryHSK 7–9
  7. 概论gàilùnoutline; introduction; survey; general discussionHSK 7–9
  8. 一概yígàiall; without any exceptions; categoricallyHSK 7–9
  9. 一概而论yígài’érlùnto lump different matters togetherHSK 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.