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演 — to perform; to stage; to develop

to perform; to stage; to develop; to play out; to carry out

Pinyin
yǎn
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 演: 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.

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

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Words with 演 in the HSK syllabus: 20

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. 表演biǎoyǎnplay; show; performance; exhibition; to performHSK 3
  2. 演yǎnto perform; to stageHSK 4
  3. 演唱yǎnchàngto sing; vocal performanceHSK 4
  4. 演出yǎnchūto act; to perform; to put on; performance; concertHSK 4
  5. 演员yǎnyuánactor; actress; performerHSK 4
  6. 导演dǎoyǎnto direct; directorHSK 5
  7. 演讲yǎnjiǎngto give a lecture; to make a speechHSK 5
  8. 扮演bànyǎnto play the role of; to actHSK 6
  9. 演奏yǎnzòuto perform on a musical instrumentHSK 6
  10. 主演zhǔyǎnto play the leading role; to star; lead actorHSK 6
  11. 上演shàngyǎnto screen; to stage; a screening; a stagingHSK 7–9
  12. 演变yǎnbiànto develop; to evolveHSK 7–9
  13. 演化yǎnhuàto evolve; evolutionHSK 7–9
  14. 演技yǎnjìacting; performing skillsHSK 7–9
  15. 演练yǎnliànto drill; to practiceHSK 7–9
  16. 演示yǎnshìto demonstrate; to show; presentation; demonstrationHSK 7–9
  17. 演说yǎnshuōspeech; to deliver a speechHSK 7–9
  18. 演习yǎnxídrill; exercise; maneuverHSK 7–9
  19. 演绎yǎnyìto unfold; to play out; to develop; to enactHSK 7–9
  20. 愈演愈烈yùyǎn-yùlièever more criticalHSK 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.