尤 (yóu) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning & Stroke Order
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 尤 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
Click Animate to see the correct stroke order, then Practice to trace it yourself.
HSK 4 Words Containing 尤
尤其
especially; particularly
他喜欢运动，尤其是游泳。
Tā xǐhuan yùndòng, yóuqí shì yóuyǒng.
He likes sports, especially swimming.
About the character 尤
尤 (yóu) means especially; particularly (as in 尤其). 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".