题 — topic; problem for discussion
topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject
- Pinyin
- tí · Tí
- Strokes
- 15
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — tí, Tí — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 题: 15 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 题 in the HSK syllabus: 13
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.
- 问题wèntíquestion; problem; issue; topicHSK 1
- 题títopic; problem for discussion; exam questionHSK 2
- 难题nántídifficult problemHSK 3
- 试题shìtíexam question; test topicHSK 4
- 标题biāotítitle; heading; headline; caption; subjectHSK 5
- 话题huàtísubject; topicHSK 5
- 题目tímùsubject; title; topic; exercise or exam questionHSK 5
- 主题zhǔtítheme; subjectHSK 5
- 课题kètítask; problem; issueHSK 6
- 题材tícáisubject matterHSK 6
- 专题zhuāntíspecific topicHSK 6
- 议题yìtítopic of discussion; topic; subject; issueHSK 7–9
- 主题曲zhǔtíqǔtheme songHSK 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.