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.

How do you say 'bowl' in Chinese? It's 杅 (yú), a

Discover the ancient root 朿 (cì), meaning 'stab'

tíng

Discover 朾 (tíng), an ancient Chinese character

Discover the rare Chinese character 朳 (bā), an a

zhū

Discover the Chinese character 朱 (zhū), meaning

zhá

How do you say 'thin piece of wood used a writing

tóng

Master 朣 (tóng) — the Chinese word for 'light f

yīng

Discover the rare Chinese character 朠 (yīng), me

juān

Write 朘 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced juān, m

zhèn

How do you say 'I; me; we' in Chinese? It's 朕 (zh

shuò

朔 (shuò) means 'beginning' in Chinese — a chara

tiǎo

Explore the meaning of 朓 (tiǎo): 'the appearance

fěi

Learning Chinese? 朏 (fěi) is one of the essentia

ruǎn

Discover 朊: the Chinese character for 'protein',

fēn

What does 朆 mean? Pronounced fēn, this character

qiè

Discover 朅 (qiè), an ancient Chinese character m

cǎn

Think 'can' + 'say' (曰) — 'can you say if?' —

màn

曼 (màn) means 'handsome' in Chinese — a charact

cáo

Discover the Chinese character 曹 (cáo), meaning

Learning Chinese? 曷 (hé) is one of the essential

Discover 曳 (yè), the Chinese character for 'to d

yuē

曰 (yuē) means 'to speak' in Chinese — a charact

nǎng

Nǎng sounds like 'long ago'—think 'nang' as in '

Discover 曦: the Chinese character for 'sunlight',

yào

曜 (yào) means 'bright'—a Chinese character capt