猜(cāi)

HSK 511 strokes

to guess

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Character information

Pinyin
cāi
Meaning
to guess
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 猜 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰犭青

In this compound, the meaning comes from 犭 (dog); 青 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

犭quǎn青qīng

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 猜 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 猜

Common words using 猜 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cāi猜cè测
HSK 5

to guess

Open 猜测 page →
cāi猜xiǎng想
HSK 7-9

to guess; to conjecture; to suppose

Open 猜想 page →
cāi猜mí谜
HSK 7-9

to answer a riddle

Open 猜谜 page →
xián嫌cāi猜

suspicion

Open 嫌猜 page →
wú无cāi猜

unsuspecting; innocent and without apprehension

Open 无猜 page →
cāi猜zhòng中

to guess correctly; to figure out the right answer

Open 猜中 page →
liǎng两xiǎo小wú无cāi猜

innocent playmates

Open 两小无猜 page →
cāi猜bù不tòu透

to be unable to guess or make out

Open 猜不透 page →

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丑丢乏乘乙亏享仔

From 猜’s common words

测想谜嫌无中两小

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