运 — to move; to transport; to use
to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
- Pinyin
- yùn
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 运: 7 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 运 in the HSK syllabus: 25
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.
- 运动yùndòngto move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motionHSK 2
- 运动会yùndònghuìsports competitionHSK 3
- 运动员yùndòngyuánathleteHSK 3
- 好运hǎoyùngood luckHSK 5
- 命运mìngyùnfate; destinyHSK 5
- 幸运xìngyùnfortunate; lucky; good fortune; luckHSK 5
- 运yùnto move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortuneHSK 5
- 运费yùnfèifreight feeHSK 5
- 运气yùnqiluckHSK 5
- 运输yùnshūto transport; to carry; transportationHSK 5
- 运用yùnyòngto use; to put to useHSK 5
- 托运tuōyùnto consign; to check throughHSK 6
- 运送yùnsòngto transport; to carryHSK 6
- 运行yùnxíngto move along one's courseHSK 6
- 运营yùnyíngto be in operation; to do business; to be in serviceHSK 6
- 厄运èyùnbad luck; misfortune; adversityHSK 7–9
- 海运hǎiyùnshipping by seaHSK 7–9
- 航运hángyùnshipping; transportHSK 7–9
- 货运huòyùnfreight transport; cargo; transported goodsHSK 7–9
- 客运kèyùnpassenger transportation; intercity busHSK 7–9
- 运筹帷幄yùnchóu-wéiwòlit. to devise battle plan in a tentHSK 7–9
- 运河yùnhécanalHSK 7–9
- 运算yùnsuànto perform calculations; operationHSK 7–9
- 运转yùnzhuǎnto work; to operate; to revolve; to turn aroundHSK 7–9
- 运作yùnzuòto operate; operations; workings; activities; threadHSK 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.