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.

kuài

How do you say 'standard; banner' in Chinese? It's

fān

Discover the Chinese character 旛 (fān), meaning

shāo

Master 旓 (shāo) — the Chinese word for 'serrate

liú

Discover the Chinese character 旒 (liú) meaning '

zhào

旐 (zhào) means 'banner' in Chinese — a characte

jīng

The Chinese character 旌 (jīng) means 'banner,' u

pèi

Discover the Chinese character 旆 (pèi), meaning

máo

Discover 旄 (máo), the ancient Chinese banner wit

zhān

Explore the meaning of 旃 (zhān): 'felt' in Chine

yóu

Learning Chinese? 斿 (yóu) is one of the essentia

pèi

斾 is a Chinese character pronounced pèi. It mean

Write 於 correctly: 8 strokes, pronounced wū, mea

zhǔ

斸 (zhǔ) means 'cut' in Chinese — a character wr

zhuó

Discover 斮: the Chinese character for 'cut off',

zhuó

Discover 斫 (zhuó), the Chinese character for for

qiāng

0-stroke character 斨 (qiāng) carries the meaning

Learning Chinese? 斧 (fǔ) is one of the essential

tiǎo

Discover 斢: the Chinese character for 'to exchang

How do you say 'to turn' in Chinese? It's 斡 (wò)

jiào

Discover the rare Chinese character 斠 (jiào), me

Discover the ancient Chinese character 斞 (yǔ), a

jiǎ

斝 • jiǎ • 'small jade cup with ears' — Chines

Learning Chinese? 斛 (hú) is one of the essential

bān

What does 斒 mean? Pronounced bān, this character

fěi

12-stroke character 斐 (fěi) carries the meaning