杂 (zá) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning & Stroke Order
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 杂 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 杂
复杂
complex; complicat ed
这个问题比较复杂。
Zhège wèntí bǐjiào fùzá.
This problem is quite complex.
杂志
magazine
她在看一本时尚杂志。
Tā zài kàn yì běn shíshàng zázhì.
She is reading a fashion magazine.
Tasks Featuring 杂 / 相关任务
Words containing 杂 appear in these official HSK 4 task scenarios — study the character in context:
About the character 杂
杂 (zá) means mixed; miscellaneous (as in 复杂/杂志). 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".