SOURCES & EDITORIAL STANDARDS

Trace the claim. Know the label.

Primary HSK links, original-content boundaries, and the limits of Hanyu's automated checks.

PRIMARY REFERENCES · REVIEWED AUGUST 20, 2026

Verify exam claims at their source.

These links are maintained by the Chinese testing service or host its published HSK 3.0 material. They take priority over Hanyu when dates, registration rules, fees, formats, or test requirements change.

HOW HANYU USES THOSE SOURCES

Structure can be aligned; questions remain original.

Hanyu uses public material to define study targets and then creates its own learning content. The labels below are deliberate.

01PUBLISHED STRUCTURECounts, durations, and task families

Where a practice paper says “published,” it refers to the public structure used as a reference—not to official ownership of the Hanyu paper.

02ORIGINAL CONTENTQuestions, scenes, and explanations

Hanyu authors these materials for practice. They are not official questions, past papers, leaked items, or a prediction of a future paper.

03HSK-ALIGNEDA learning target, not an endorsement

The label describes the intended level or topic relationship. Hanyu is independent and is not affiliated with the official HSK testing organization.

ASSET SOURCES & LICENCES

Artwork and stroke data keep their own record.

These notes distinguish original Hanyu imagery from external open-source data used by interactive learning tools.

ORIGINAL CULTURE ARTWORKEditorial illustrations, not historical evidence

Culture and zodiac images are original AI-generated illustrations created for Hanyu. They are not museum photographs, archaeological records, or exact reconstructions; captions identify them as illustrations.

STROKE-ORDER DATAHanzi Writer Data 2.0.1

Stroke animation uses the open-source Hanzi Writer Data package, derived from Make Me a Hanzi and distributed under the Arphic Public License.

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QUALITY CONTROLS AND LIMITS

Automated validation is useful, but it is not official review.

Generation checks cover required fields, level membership, route integrity, item counts, and selected content constraints. They do not equal teacher certification, psychometric validation, official scoring, or endorsement. If Hanyu and a primary source differ, follow the primary source and your test center.