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.

dié

Master the Chinese character 昳 (dié), meaning 't

How do you say 'bright light' in Chinese? It's 昱

zhāo

昭 • zhāo • 'bright' — Chinese character with

Learning Chinese? 昫 (xù) is one of the essential

biàn

昪 is a Chinese character pronounced biàn. It mea

līng

昤 (līng) means 'sunshine' in Chinese — a charac

zhěn

Explore the meaning of 昣 (zhěn): 'bright' in Chi

xuàn

昡 • xuàn • 'long day' — Chinese character wit

xīn

昕 • xīn • 'dawn' — Chinese character with 8 s

昒 is a Chinese character pronounced hū. It means

qǐn

Think 'sun (日) today (今)' shining bright. — 昑

hào

What does 昊 mean? Pronounced hào, this character

fǎng

昉 • fǎng • 'dawn' — Chinese character with 8

bǎn

Write 昄 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced bǎn, me

Discover 昃 (zè), a classical Chinese character f

yún

Discover 昀 (yún), a Chinese character meaning 's

tūn

旽 • tūn • 'morning sun, sunrise' — Chinese ch

mín

0-stroke character 旼 (mín) carries the meaning '

mín

Discover 旻 (mín), the Chinese character for the

chǎn

How do you say 'to beam down' in Chinese? It's 旵

Discover 旴 (xū), the Chinese character for 'dawn

gàn

7-stroke character 旰 (gàn) carries the meaning '

Think 'Xù' like 'sue' for the warm sun rising at

Picture a person with a hand to their throat, chok

Discover 旟 (yú), an ancient Chinese character fo