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进 — to go forward; to advance

to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in

Pinyin
jìn
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 进: 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.

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

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Words with 进 in the HSK syllabus: 28

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. 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in; to enterHSK 2
  2. 进来jìnláito come inHSK 2
  3. 进去jìnqùto go inHSK 2
  4. 进入jìnrùto enter; to join; to go intoHSK 4
  5. 进行jìnxíngto proceed; to be in progress; to be underwayHSK 4
  6. 促进cùjìnto promote; to advance; boostHSK 5
  7. 改进gǎijìnto improve; to make better; improvementHSK 5
  8. 进步jìnbùprogress; improvement; to improve; to progressHSK 5
  9. 进口jìnkǒuto import; imported; entrance; inletHSK 5
  10. 进一步jìnyíbùto go a step further; more; furtherHSK 5
  11. 前进qiánjìnto go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onwardHSK 5
  12. 推进tuījìnto impel; to carry forward; to push on; to advanceHSK 5
  13. 先进xiānjìnsophisticated; advanced; meritorious; exemplaryHSK 5
  14. 引进yǐnjìnto recommend; to introduceHSK 5
  15. 增进zēngjìnto promote; to enhance; to further; to advanceHSK 5
  16. 进而jìn’érand then; and thereby; and in turnHSK 6
  17. 进度jìndùrate of progressHSK 6
  18. 进化jìnhuàto evolve; evolutionHSK 6
  19. 进展jìnzhǎnto make headway; to make progressHSK 6
  20. 上进shàngjìnto make progress; to do betterHSK 6
  21. 跟进gēnjìnto follow; to follow upHSK 7–9
  22. 进程jìnchéngcourse of events; process; processHSK 7–9
  23. 进攻jìngōngto attack; to assault; to go on the offensiveHSK 7–9
  24. 进军jìnjūnto march; to advanceHSK 7–9
  25. 进取jìnqǔto show initiative; to be a go-getterHSK 7–9
  26. 进修jìnxiūto undertake advanced studiesHSK 7–9
  27. 循序渐进xúnxù-jiànjìnin sequence, step by step; to make steady progress incrementallyHSK 7–9
  28. 与时俱进yǔshí-jùjìnabreast of modern developmentsHSK 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.