Browse Chinese Characters — Learn Chinese Through Stories

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

hóng

Master 泓 (hóng), meaning 'clear', a Chinese char

泒 is a Chinese character pronounced gū. It means

yǒu

Think 'you' (泑) put a shiny 'glaze' on 'you' (you

Write 泐 correctly: 7 strokes, pronounced lè, mea

jiā

Learning Chinese? 泇 (jiā) is one of the essentia

泆 is a Chinese character pronounced yì. It means

qiú

Discover 泅 (qiú), a Chinese character meaning 't

jiǒng

Discover 泂 (jiǒng), a classical Chinese characte

Discover 沽 (gū), a classical Chinese character m

tián

Discover the rare Chinese character 沺 (tián), me

Master 沷 (fā) — the Chinese word for 'to remove

Discover 沴 (lì), an archaic Chinese character me

tuó

Master 沱 (tuó), the Chinese character for 'tearf

tuō

Discover the rare Chinese character 沰 (tuō), mea

shù

Think 'shù' as 'shoo'—the river flows, shooing a

mèi

Write 沬 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced mèi, me

zhǐ

What does 沚 mean? Pronounced zhǐ, this character

0-stroke character 沘 (bǐ) carries the meaning 'n

Think 'woo' as in 'woo, that's deep!' – 沕 (wù)

miǎn

Write 沔 correctly: 7 strokes, pronounced miǎn, m

Master 沓 (dá) — the Chinese word for 'classifie

Explore the meaning of 沏 (qī): 'to steep' in Chi

沍 • hù • 'congealed' — Chinese character with

hàng

Discover 沆: the Chinese character for 'a ferry',

yuán

Discover the Chinese character 沅 (yuán), meaning