怀 (huái) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning & Stroke Order
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 怀 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 怀
怀疑
to suspect; to doubt
我怀疑这件事不是真的。
Wǒ huáiyí zhè jiàn shì búshì zhēn de.
I suspect this is not true.
About the character 怀
怀 (huái) means bosom; to cherish; to doubt (as in 怀疑). 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".