咳 (ké) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning & Stroke Order
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 咳 when reading — handwriting it is not required (that applies to the 150 writing characters). The stroke animation below is optional but helps memory.
Stroke Order & Practice
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HSK 4 Words Containing 咳
咳
to cough
他感冒了，一直在咳。
Tā gǎnmào le, yìzhí zài ké.
He has a cold and keeps coughing.
咳嗽
to cough
他咳嗽了好几天了。
Tā késou le hǎo jǐ tiān le.
He has been coughing for several days.
Tasks Featuring 咳 / 相关任务
Words containing 咳 appear in these official HSK 4 task scenarios — study the character in context:
About the character 咳
咳 (ké) means to cough. It is one of the 150 characters HSK 4 expects you to write from memory. Practice the stroke order until it feels automatic — most learners need 5–10 successful traces before a character "sticks".