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球 — ball; sphere; globe

ball; sphere; globe; ball game; match

Pinyin
qiú
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 球: 11 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.

球 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 球 in the HSK syllabus: 18

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. 篮球lánqiúbasketballHSK 2
  2. 球qiúball used for playing gamesHSK 2
  3. 足球zúqiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a footballHSK 2
  4. 球场qiúchǎngstadium; sports ground; court; pitch; fieldHSK 3
  5. 网球wǎngqiútennis; tennis ballHSK 3
  6. 羽毛球yǔmáoqiúbadminton; shuttlecockHSK 3
  7. 地球dìqiúthe earthHSK 4
  8. 排球páiqiúvolleyballHSK 4
  9. 乒乓球pīngpāngqiútable tennis; ping-pong; table tennis ballHSK 4
  10. 球队qiúduìsports teamHSK 4
  11. 球迷qiúmífanHSK 4
  12. 全球quánqiúthe whole world; worldwide; globalHSK 4
  13. 气球qìqiúballoonHSK 5
  14. 棒球bàngqiúbaseballHSK 6
  15. 台球táiqiúbilliardsHSK 6
  16. 月球yuèqiúthe moonHSK 6
  17. 环球huánqiúaround the world; worldwideHSK 7–9
  18. 星球xīngqiúcelestial body; heavenly bodyHSK 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.