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.

傅 • fù • 'instructor' — HSK 4 Chinese charact

ǒu

偶 (ǒu) means 'accidental' or 'occasional' — mas

tíng

Write 停 correctly: 11 strokes, pronounced tíng,

zhí

值 (zhí) means 'value'—not just price, but worth

xìng

The Chinese character 幸 (xìng) means 'fortunate'

dǎo

Discover 倒 (HSK 4): the Chinese character for 'to

bèi

The Chinese character 倍 (bèi) means '-fold' — e

liǎ

The Chinese character 俩 (liǎ) means 'two' — spe

xiū

修 (xiū) means 'to decorate' and 'to refine' — a

bǎo

The Chinese character 保 (bǎo), HSK Level 4 and 9

局 (jú) means 'office' in Chinese — a HSK 4 char

gōng

Master 供 (gōng), HSK level 4 — the Chinese word

Explore the meaning of 例 (lì): 'example' in Chin

Think: 'HE' (hé) asks 'HEre? HEre? HEre?' — alwa

Master the Chinese character 低 (dī) — meaning '

The Chinese character 估 (gū) means 'to estimate'

huǒ

伙 (huǒ) means ‘meals’—specifically shared, in

fèn

How do you say 'classifier for gifts, newspaper, m

rèn

Explore the meaning of 任 (rèn): 'to assign' in C

jiè

The Chinese character 价 (jià/jiè), a 6-stroke H

付 (fù) means 'to pay' in Chinese — a HSK 4 char

zǎi

5-stroke character 仔 (zǎi) carries the meaning '

réng

Still? Yet? Meet 仍 (réng)—a concise, formal adv

jiāo

6-stroke character 交 (jiāo) carries the meaning

What does 亚 mean? Pronounced yà, HSK level 4, th