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

socks, stockings 10 strokes · Radical (cloth) · HSK 4 recognition character (认读字)
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 袜 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 .

Stroke Order & Practice

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袜 — 10 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.

=
left cloth
right end

Radical

The radical of is — meaning cloth. Radicals are the indexing components used in Chinese dictionaries; they often hint at a character's broad meaning category.

How the character is built

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

HSK 4 Words Containing 袜

wàzi socks; stockings
这双袜子是纯棉的。
Zhè shuāng wàzi shì chúnmián de.
These socks are pure cotton.

Seen in the Real Exams / 真题例句

appears in 10 questions across the 19 mock & official HSK 4 exams on this site. Real exam sentences using it:

看图,用“子”造句。
From Mock Exam 16 →
网球爱好者都知道,选择厚一点儿的网球确实更好。
From Mock Exam 04 →
第二,在紧张的运动过程中,厚的网球能更好地保护你的脚。
From Mock Exam 04 →

Tasks Featuring 袜 / 相关任务

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

📚 交流居住情况、社区情况
Housing & Community · 袜子

FAQ

What does 袜 mean in Chinese?

袜 (wà) means socks, stockings. It is one of the 441 characters HSK 4 requires you to recognize when reading (认读字).

How many strokes does 袜 have?

袜 is written in 10 strokes. Use the practice tool above to see the correct stroke order and trace it yourself.

What is the radical of 袜?

The radical of 袜 is 衤 (cloth).

What is the pinyin for 袜?

袜 is pronounced wà.

What HSK 4 words use 袜?

In our HSK 4 vocabulary, 袜 appears in 1 word, including 袜子 (wàzi). See the full list above.

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