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歌 — song; to sing

Pinyin
gē
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 歌: 14 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.

歌 — 14 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 歌 in the HSK syllabus: 14

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. 歌gēsong; to singHSK 1
  2. 歌声gēshēngsinging voice; fig. original voice of a poetHSK 4
  3. 歌手gēshǒusingerHSK 4
  4. 歌词gēcísong lyric; lyricsHSK 5
  5. 歌曲gēqǔsongHSK 5
  6. 歌唱gēchàngto singHSK 6
  7. 国歌guógēnational anthemHSK 6
  8. 民歌míngēfolk songHSK 6
  9. 诗歌shīgēpoemHSK 6
  10. 歌剧gējùWestern operaHSK 7–9
  11. 歌颂gēsòngto sing the praises of; to extol; to eulogizeHSK 7–9
  12. 歌舞gēwǔsinging and dancingHSK 7–9
  13. 歌谣gēyáofolksong; ballad; nursery rhymeHSK 7–9
  14. 秧歌yānggeYangge, a popular rural folk danceHSK 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.