How to write 踢 (tī, “to kick”)

踢 (tī), an HSK 2 character, means “to kick” and “to play”. It is HSK 2 in the 2025 syllabus, down from level 6 in the 2021 standard. It pairs a meaning part, 足 (“sufficient”), with a sound part, 易 (“easy”). On its own it is an HSK 2 word, and it forms 踢馆 (“to challenge an established martial arts school ”), 踢腿 (“to kick”) and 二踢脚 (“double-bang firecracker”). Japanese reads it teki, “kick”.

Pinyin: tī
Strokes: 15
HSK: 2
Radical: 足 (“sufficient”)

Stroke by stroke

As a left-right character it splits into 足 (“sufficient”, the radical), strokes 1–7; 易 (“easy”), strokes 8–15, written the left part first.

top leftdownwards
top leftrightwards → down and right → downwards
leftrightwards
leftdown and right → downwards
leftup and right → rightwards
leftdownwards
bottom leftrightwards
topdownwards
toprightwards → downwards
toprightwards
toprightwards
centerdown and left
centerrightwards → downwards
centerdown and left
rightdown and left

Names of the strokes

Where 踢 comes from

foot

Meaning part: 足 (“sufficient”)
Sound part: 易 (“easy”)

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Pinyin and meaning

Pinyin	Meanings	Traditional	In words
tī first tone	to kick; to play (e.g. soccer)	—	踢馆踢腿二踢脚踢脚板

HSK 2025 syllabus: level 2
2021 standard: level 6
HSK 2.0: in a level 2 word
Words with it: 15 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 踢

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
踢	tī	to kick; to play HSK 2
踢馆踢館	tīguǎn	to challenge an established martial arts school to a fight…
踢腿	tītuǐ	to kick; to do a kick
二踢脚二踢腳	èrtījiǎo	double-bang firecracker…
踢脚板踢腳板	tījiǎobǎn	baseboard; skirting board
踢皮球	tīpíqiú	to kick a ball around; to mutually shirk responsibility
踢脚线踢腳線	tījiǎoxiàn	skirting board
连踢带打連踢帶打	liántīdàidǎ	to kick and beat
踢马刺踢馬刺	tīmǎcì	horse spur
踢爆	tībào	to reveal; to expose

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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