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这 — this; these; this

this; these; this; the; this; these

Pinyin
zhè · zhèi
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

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

How to write 这: 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. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

这 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 这 in the HSK syllabus: 8

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. 这zhèthis; these; this; the; this; theseHSK 1
  2. 这边zhèbiānthis side; hereHSK 1
  3. 这个zhègethis; thisHSK 1
  4. 这里zhèlǐhereHSK 1
  5. 这儿zhèrhereHSK 1
  6. 这些zhèxiētheseHSK 1
  7. 这么zhèmeso much; this much; how much?; this way; like thisHSK 2
  8. 这样zhèyàngthis way; like this; so; this kind of; suchHSK 2

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.