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穿 — to bore through; to pierce

to bore through; to pierce; to perforate

Pinyin
chuān
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 穿: 9 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.

穿 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 穿 in the HSK syllabus: 7

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. 穿chuānto bore through; to pierce; to perforateHSK 1
  2. 穿过chuānguòto pass throughHSK 6
  3. 穿梭chuānsuōto shuttle back and forthHSK 7–9
  4. 穿越chuānyuèto traverse; to pass through; to crossHSK 7–9
  5. 穿着chuānzhuóattire; clothes; dressHSK 7–9
  6. 贯穿guànchuānto run throughHSK 7–9
  7. 水滴石穿shuǐdī-shíchuāndripping water penetrates the stone; constant perseverance yields successHSK 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.