CHINESE CHARACTER

孩 (hái): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

hái

baby, child; children

HSK 19 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

子

Primary radical

子 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 孩.

亥

Phonetic component

亥 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 9

Write 孩 in 9 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 孩

HSK 1 · child

HSK 2 · boy

HSK 2 · girl

HSK 2 · child; young child

Examples using 孩

孩子

你有孩子吗？

Nǐ yǒu hái zi ma？

Do you have a child?

男孩儿

那男孩儿来访过我家。

Nà nán hái ér lái fǎng guò wǒ jiā。

That boy used to drop in on me.

小孩儿

连小孩儿都会做。

Lián xiǎo hái ér dōu huì zuò。

Even a child could do it.

FAQ

What does 孩 (hái) mean in Chinese?

baby, child; children

How do you write 孩 in stroke order?

孩 has 9 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 孩?

子 is the radical in 孩. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 孩?

孩子 (háizi): child; 男孩儿 (nánháir): boy; 女孩儿 (nǚháir): girl.