竟 (jìng) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning & Stroke Order
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 竟 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 竟
竟然
unexpectedly; surprisingly
没想到他竟然会说中文！
Méi xiǎngdào tā jìngrán huì shuō Zhōngwén!
I didn't expect that he actually speaks Chinese!
究竟
after all; on earth; in the end
你究竟想去哪儿？
Nǐ jiūjìng xiǎng qù nǎr?
Where on earth do you want to go?
About the character 竟
竟 (jìng) means unexpectedly; actually (as in 竟然). 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".