算 — to calculate; to figure out
to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in
- Pinyin
- suàn
- Strokes
- 14
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 算: 14 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.
Words with 算 in the HSK syllabus: 22
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.
- 打算dǎsuànto plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intentionHSK 3
- 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count inHSK 4
- 计算jìsuànto calculate; to compute; to consider; to think overHSK 5
- 计算机jìsuànjīcomputer; calculatorHSK 5
- 就算jiùsuàneven ifHSK 6
- 算了suànlelet it be; let it pass; forget about itHSK 6
- 算是suànshìconsidered to be; at lastHSK 6
- 总算zǒngsuànat long last; finally; on the wholeHSK 6
- 不算bú suànto not calculate; to not count; to not be consideredHSK 7–9
- 测算cèsuànto take measurements and calculateHSK 7–9
- 估算gūsuànassessment; evaluationHSK 7–9
- 划算huásuànto calculate; to weigh; to view as profitableHSK 7–9
- 结算jiésuànto settle a bill; to close an accountHSK 7–9
- 精打细算jīngdǎ-xìsuànmeticulous planning and careful accountingHSK 7–9
- 盘算pánsuanto plot; to scheme; to calculateHSK 7–9
- 算计suànjìto reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expectHSK 7–9
- 算盘suànpánabacus; plan; schemeHSK 7–9
- 算数suànshùto count numbers; to keep to one's word; to holdHSK 7–9
- 算账suànzhàngto balance the books; to do the accountsHSK 7–9
- 推算tuīsuànto calculate; to reckon; to extrapolateHSK 7–9
- 预算yùsuànbudgetHSK 7–9
- 运算yùnsuànto perform calculations; operationHSK 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.