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牙 — tooth; ivory

Pinyin
yá
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 牙: 4 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.

牙 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 牙 in the HSK syllabus: 5

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. 牙yátooth; ivoryHSK 3
  2. 牙刷yáshuātoothbrushHSK 3
  3. 牙膏yágāotoothpasteHSK 4
  4. 牙齿yáchǐtooth; dentalHSK 5
  5. 蛀牙zhùyátooth decay; dental cariesHSK 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.