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环 — ring; hoop; loop

ring; hoop; loop; link; classifier for scores in archery etc

Pinyin
huán · Huán
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — huán, Huán — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 环: 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.

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

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Words with 环 in the HSK syllabus: 10

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. 环境huánjìngenvironment; circumstances; surroundings; ambientHSK 3
  2. 环保huánbǎoenvironmental protection; environmentally friendlyHSK 4
  3. 环节huánjiésegmentHSK 5
  4. 耳环ěrhuánearringHSK 6
  5. 环huánring; hoop; loop; linkHSK 6
  6. 循环xúnhuánto cycle; to circulate; circle; loopHSK 6
  7. 光环guānghuánring of light; halo; glory; splendorHSK 7–9
  8. 环比huánbǐperiod on periodHSK 7–9
  9. 环球huánqiúaround the world; worldwideHSK 7–9
  10. 环绕huánràoto surround; to circle; to revolve aroundHSK 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.