仍 (réng) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning, Radical & Stroke Order

réng yet, still; keeping, continuing; again 4 strokes · Radical 亻 (man) · HSK 4 recognition character (认读字)

👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 仍 when reading — handwriting it is not required (that applies to the 150 writing characters). The stroke animation below is optional but helps memory.

Pronunciation & meaning

Pronounced réng.

yet
still
keeping
continuing
again

Stroke Order & Practice

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仍 — 4 strokes, numbered in writing order. 笔顺图（数字为下笔顺序）。

Decomposition

仍 breaks down into 2 components arranged as Left + Right. Recognizing the components makes the character easier to remember and write.

仍 =

亻 left man

乃 right then

Radical

The radical of 仍 is 亻 — meaning man. Radicals are the indexing components used in Chinese dictionaries; they often hint at a character's broad meaning category.

Other HSK 4 characters that share this radical: 保任使倒低例俩份停傲倍付.

How the character is built

仍 is a phono-semantic compound. The semantic component 乃 (then) carries the meaning, while the phonetic component 亻 originally indicated the sound.

HSK 4 Words Containing 仍

仍 réng still; yet; as before

虽然下雨了，比赛仍在进行。

Suīrán xià yǔ le, bǐsài réng zài jìnxíng.

Although it's raining, the game is still going on.

仍然 réngrán still; still remains; continue to

十年后他仍然住在这里。

Shí nián hòu tā réngrán zhù zài zhèlǐ.

He still lives here ten years later.

Seen in the Real Exams / 真题例句

仍 appears in 15 questions across the 19 mock & official HSK 4 exams on this site. Real exam sentences using it:

很多人仍然爱看报纸。

From Mock Exam 05 →

人比动物聪明，但动物仍然有很多值得人学习的地方。

From Mock Exam 09 →

两个小时后，妻子回到家，发现丈夫仍然坐在桌子旁边看报纸。

From Mock Exam 10 →

FAQ

What does 仍 mean in Chinese?

仍 (réng) means yet, still; keeping, continuing; again. It is one of the 441 characters HSK 4 requires you to recognize when reading (认读字).

How many strokes does 仍 have?

仍 is written in 4 strokes. Use the practice tool above to see the correct stroke order and trace it yourself.

What is the radical of 仍?

The radical of 仍 is 亻 (man). Other HSK 4 characters with the same radical include 保, 任, 使, 倒, 低.

What is the pinyin for 仍?

仍 is pronounced réng.

What HSK 4 words use 仍?

In our HSK 4 vocabulary, 仍 appears in 2 words, including 仍 (réng), 仍然 (réngrán). See the full list above.