袜 (wà) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning, Radical & Stroke Order
Pronunciation & meaning
Pronounced .
- socks
- stockings
Stroke Order & Practice
Click Animate to see the correct stroke order, then Practice to trace it yourself.
Decomposition
袜 breaks down into 2 components arranged as Left + Right. Recognizing the components makes the character easier to remember and write.
Radical
The radical of 袜 is 衤 — 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
袜 is a phono-semantic compound. The semantic component 衤 (clothes) carries the meaning, while the phonetic component 末 originally indicated the sound.
HSK 4 Words Containing 袜
Seen in the Real Exams / 真题例句
袜 appears in 10 questions across the 19 mock & official HSK 4 exams on this site. Real exam sentences using it:
Tasks Featuring 袜 / 相关任务
Words containing 袜 appear in these official HSK 4 task scenarios — study the character in context:
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.