Writing Exercises for Chinese Characters

Mastering the characters is among the most difficult tasks of learning Chinese: you need to practice, practice, practice. Therefore we would like to offer sets of writing exercises for the Chinese characters that appear in different textbooks and language tests.

Unfortunately, neither are all sets complete, nor is all information correct - however, we hope that they can still help you with your studies. The writing exercises are prepared directly from the information in our dictionary and updated on a regular basis, so you will always find up-to-date data on this page.

We would, of course, appreciate if you could help us eliminate errors and add missing information, so that together - with less individual effort for everyone - we can prepare better study aids.

For some Chinese characters in this set of exercises, the correct way of writing is illustrated using images from the great CJK Stroke Order Project. Unfortunately, a lot of characters still lack such information. Do you know how to create computer graphics? Then you can help create the missing illustrations - other learners will be very grateful for your contributions. We will be adding new illustrations on a regular basis, as they become available.

You can also build your own, personal sets of writing exercises and flash cards after a one-time, free registration, which is necessary to maintain your own list of vocabulary.

Currently available writing exercises

Writing Exercises for HSK, level A
Writing Exercises for HSK, level B
Writing Exercises for HSK, level C
Writing Exercises for HSK, level D
Writing Exercises for Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi
Frequently Used Vocabulary
Writing exercises for the textbook Chinesisch für Deutsche 1
Writing Exercises for Practical Chinese Reader
Writing Exercises for New Practical Chinese Reader
Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (1a)
Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (1b)
Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (2a)
Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (2b)

Writing Exercises for HSK, level A

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 18 Apr 2009 02:02, filesize: 24.6 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 18 Apr 2009 02:08, filesize: 24.2 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 18 Apr 2009 02:13, filesize: 25.4 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 18 Apr 2009 02:19, filesize: 18.6 MB)

Writing exercises for the most basic vocabulary used in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK Basic, HSK Elementary-Intermediate, and HSK Advanced).

Writing Exercises for HSK, level B

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 19 Apr 2009 02:02, filesize: 9.1 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 19 Apr 2009 02:08, filesize: 8.4 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 19 Apr 2009 02:13, filesize: 9.6 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 19 Apr 2009 02:18, filesize: 6.6 MB)

Writing exercises for further basic vocabulary used in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK Basic, HSK Elementary-Intermediate, and HSK Advanced). Only contains exercises for new characters - that have not already been studied at level A.

Writing Exercises for HSK, level C

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 20 Apr 2009 02:01, filesize: 2950.3 KB)	download writing exercises (last update: 20 Apr 2009 02:05, filesize: 2268.4 KB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 20 Apr 2009 02:08, filesize: 3498.3 KB)	download writing exercises (last update: 20 Apr 2009 02:12, filesize: 2616.9 KB)

Writing exercises for more advanced vocabulary used in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK Elementary-Intermediate, and HSK Advanced). Only contains exercises for new characters, which have not already been studied at the prior levels.

Writing Exercises for HSK, level D

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 21 Apr 2009 02:01, filesize: 2995.5 KB)	download writing exercises (last update: 21 Apr 2009 02:05, filesize: 2211.6 KB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 21 Apr 2009 02:10, filesize: 3202.9 KB)	download writing exercises (last update: 21 Apr 2009 02:14, filesize: 2667.4 KB)

Writing exercises for the most advanced vocabulary used in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK Advanced). Only contains exercises for new characters, which have not already been studied at the prior levels.

Writing Exercises for Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 23 Apr 2009 02:03, filesize: 40.9 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 23 Apr 2009 02:36, filesize: 38.5 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 23 Apr 2009 03:09, filesize: 42.2 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 23 Apr 2009 03:46, filesize: 31.5 MB)

Writing Exercises for Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi.

Frequently Used Vocabulary

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 14 Apr 2009 02:08, filesize: 20.6 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 14 Apr 2009 02:15, filesize: 20.1 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 14 Apr 2009 02:22, filesize: 20.9 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 14 Apr 2009 02:01, filesize: 15.6 MB)

Writing exercises for HanDeDict's 1008 most frequently used vocabulary, April 2009.

Writing exercises for the textbook Chinesisch für Deutsche 1

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 17 Apr 2009 02:04, filesize: 11 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 17 Apr 2009 02:06, filesize: 10.8 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 17 Apr 2009 02:08, filesize: 11.4 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 17 Apr 2009 02:10, filesize: 8.7 MB)

Writing exercises for the textbook Chinesisch für Deutsche: Hochchinesisch für Anfänger, Band 1, classes 1-20

Writing Exercises for Practical Chinese Reader

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: yesterday at 02:03, filesize: 25.3 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: yesterday at 02:12, filesize: 24.7 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: yesterday at 02:22, filesize: 26 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: yesterday at 02:36, filesize: 18.8 MB)

Writing exercises for the textbook Practical Chinese Reader, volumes 1 and 2 (ordered by the chapter of first appearance).

Writing Exercises for New Practical Chinese Reader

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 22 Apr 2009 02:16, filesize: 29.5 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 22 Apr 2009 02:29, filesize: 28.5 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 22 Apr 2009 02:41, filesize: 30.1 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 22 Apr 2009 02:03, filesize: 22.1 MB)

Writing exercises for the textbook New Practical Chinese Reader, volumes 1-3 (ordered by the chapter of first appearance).

Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (1a)

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: today at 02:03, filesize: 9.5 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: today at 02:05, filesize: 9.3 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: today at 02:07, filesize: 9.8 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: today at 02:09, filesize: 7.1 MB)

Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (1a)

Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (1b)

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 15 Apr 2009 02:01, filesize: 10.1 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 15 Apr 2009 02:03, filesize: 9.9 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 15 Apr 2009 02:05, filesize: 10.4 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 15 Apr 2009 02:08, filesize: 7.8 MB)

Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (1b)

Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (2a)

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 13 Apr 2009 02:04, filesize: 7 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 13 Apr 2009 02:07, filesize: 6.7 MB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 13 Apr 2009 02:09, filesize: 7.4 MB)	download writing exercises (last update: 13 Apr 2009 02:13, filesize: 5.3 MB)

Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (2a)

Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (2b)

	contains both variants	contains only one variant
based on simplified characters	download writing exercises (last update: 16 Apr 2009 02:01, filesize: 3509.3 KB)	download writing exercises (last update: 16 Apr 2009 02:03, filesize: 3210.7 KB)
based on traditional characters	download writing exercises (last update: 16 Apr 2009 02:04, filesize: 3679.6 KB)	download writing exercises (last update: 16 Apr 2009 02:06, filesize: 2590.6 KB)

Writing exercises for the textbook Hanyu Jiaocheng (2b)

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