How to write 玩 (wán, “to play”)
玩 (wán), an HSK 1 character, means “to play”, “to have fun” and “to trifle with”. China and Japan order its strokes differently: Chinese stroke 2, going rightwards, is the 3rd in Japanese schools; Chinese stroke 3, going downwards, is the 2nd in Japanese schools. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 游玩 (“to amuse oneself”), 开玩笑 (“to play a joke”) and 玩具 (“plaything”). Japanese reads it gan, “play”.
- Pinyin
- wán
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 王 (“king or jade”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
As a left-right character it splits into 王 (“king or jade”, the radical), strokes 1–4; 元 (“currency unit”), strokes 5–8, written the left part first.
- top leftrightwards
- leftrightwards
- top leftdownwards
- bottom leftrightwards
- toprightwards
- centerrightwards
- centerdownwards → down and left
- centerdownwards → rightwards → upwards
Two stroke orders
Japan and China order its strokes differently: 2 strokes sit in another place. Japanese 2 = Chinese 3; Japanese 3 = Chinese 2.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| wán second tone | to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement | — | 游玩 开玩笑 玩具 吃喝玩乐 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 75 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 玩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玩 | wán | to play; to have fun HSK 1 |
| 游玩 遊玩 | yóuwán | to amuse oneself; to have fun HSK 4 |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | kāiwánxiào | to play a joke; to make fun of HSK 4 |
| 玩具 | wánjù | plaything; toy HSK 5 |
| 吃喝玩乐 吃喝玩樂 | chī-hē-wán-lè | to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a… HSK 7-9 |
| 玩弄 | wánnòng | to play with; to toy with HSK 7-9 |
| 玩耍 | wánshuǎ | to play; to amuse oneself HSK 7-9 |
| 好玩 | hǎowán | amusing; fun |
| 文玩 | wénwán | object valued for aesthetic appreciation; objet d'art |
| 玩儿 玩兒 | wánr | to play; to have fun |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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