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

píng to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate 7 strokes · Radical (words) · HSK 4 recognition character (认读字)
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 评 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 píng.

Stroke Order & Practice

Click Animate to see the correct stroke order, then Practice to trace it yourself.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
评 — 7 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 words
right flat

Radical

The radical of is — meaning words. 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 (speech) carries the meaning, while the phonetic component originally indicated the sound.

HSK 4 Words Containing 评

pīpíng to criticize; criticism
老师批评了迟到的学生。
Lǎoshī pīpíng le chídào de xuéshēng.
The teacher criticized the students who were late.

Seen in the Real Exams / 真题例句

appears in 25 questions across the 19 mock & official HSK 4 exams on this site. Real exam sentences using it:

如果可能,就不要批别人。
From Mock Exam 13 →
为了了解学生的想法,我请他们对我提出批
From Mock Exam 19 →
不得不批的时候,也要耐心、友好地说出你的意见。
From Mock Exam 13 →

Tasks Featuring 评 / 相关任务

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

📚 谈论某个人物
Describe a Person · 批评

FAQ

What does 评 mean in Chinese?

评 (píng) means to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate. It is one of the 441 characters HSK 4 requires you to recognize when reading (认读字).

How many strokes does 评 have?

评 is written in 7 strokes. Use the practice tool above to see the correct stroke order and trace it yourself.

What is the radical of 评?

The radical of 评 is 讠 (words). Other HSK 4 characters with the same radical include 误, 计, 许, 谈, 讨.

What is the pinyin for 评?

评 is pronounced píng.

What HSK 4 words use 评?

In our HSK 4 vocabulary, 评 appears in 1 word, including 批评 (pīpíng). See the full list above.

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