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

zhī juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce 5 strokes · Radical (water) · HSK 4 recognition character (认读字)
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 汁 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 zhī.

Stroke Order & Practice

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汁 — 5 strokes, numbered in writing order. 笔顺图(数字为下笔顺序)。

Decomposition

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

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left water
right ten

Radical

The radical of is — meaning water. 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: .

How the character is built

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

HSK 4 Words Containing 汁

guǒzhī fruit juice
我想喝一杯橙果汁。
Wǒ xiǎng hē yì bēi chéng guǒzhī.
I'd like a glass of orange juice.

Seen in the Real Exams / 真题例句

appears in 5 questions across the 19 mock & official HSK 4 exams on this site. Real exam sentences using it:

看图,用“果”造句。
From Mock Exam 17 →

Tasks Featuring 汁 / 相关任务

Words containing appear in these official HSK 4 task scenarios — study the character in context:

📚 介绍饮食情况
Food & Dining · 果汁

FAQ

What does 汁 mean in Chinese?

汁 (zhī) means juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce. It is one of the 441 characters HSK 4 requires you to recognize when reading (认读字).

How many strokes does 汁 have?

汁 is written in 5 strokes. Use the practice tool above to see the correct stroke order and trace it yourself.

What is the radical of 汁?

The radical of 汁 is 氵 (water). Other HSK 4 characters with the same radical include 济, 江, 深, 油, 汤.

What is the pinyin for 汁?

汁 is pronounced zhī.

What HSK 4 words use 汁?

In our HSK 4 vocabulary, 汁 appears in 1 word, including 果汁 (guǒzhī). See the full list above.

zhèng All Characters zhí →