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玩 — to play; to have fun

to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy

Pinyin
wán
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 玩: 8 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.

玩 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 玩 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. 好玩儿hǎowánr—HSK 1
  2. 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with; toyHSK 1
  3. 开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to jokeHSK 4
  4. 游玩yóuwánto amuse oneself; to have fun; to go sightseeingHSK 4
  5. 玩具wánjùplaything; toyHSK 5
  6. 吃喝玩乐chī-hē-wán-lèto eat, drink, play and be merryHSK 7–9
  7. 玩弄wánnòngto play with; to toy with; to dally withHSK 7–9
  8. 玩耍wánshuǎto play; to amuse oneselfHSK 7–9
  9. 玩意儿wányìr—HSK 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.