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活 — to live; alive; living

to live; alive; living; work; workmanship

Pinyin
huó
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 活: 9 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.

活 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 活 in the HSK syllabus: 17

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. 生活shēnghuóto live; life; livelihoodHSK 3
  2. 干活儿gànhuór—HSK 4
  3. 活huóto live; alive; living; work; workmanshipHSK 4
  4. 活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work outHSK 4
  5. 活泼huópōlively; vivacious; brisk; active; reactiveHSK 4
  6. 灵活línghuóflexible; nimble; agileHSK 5
  7. 活力huólìenergy; vitality; vigor; vital forceHSK 6
  8. 活跃huóyuèactive; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten upHSK 6
  9. 存活cúnhuóto survive; survivalHSK 7–9
  10. 复活fùhuóto revive; to come back to life; resurrectionHSK 7–9
  11. 活该huógāiserve sb right; deservedly; ought; shouldHSK 7–9
  12. 活期huóqīcurrent; checking; demandHSK 7–9
  13. 激活jīhuóto activateHSK 7–9
  14. 快活kuàihuohappy; cheerfulHSK 7–9
  15. 忙活mánghuoto be really busy; pressing businessHSK 7–9
  16. 鲜活xiānhuóvivid; lively; live or freshHSK 7–9
  17. 养活yǎnghuoto provide for; to keep; to raise animalsHSK 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.