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.

lǎn

Discover 揽 (lǎn), meaning 'to monopolize; to sei

jué

Master 攫 (jué) — the Chinese word for 'to seize

diān

Explore the meaning of 攧 (diān): 'to fall' in Ch

zuàn

Discover 攥 (zuàn), the Chinese character meaning

luán

Master 挛 (luán) — the Chinese word for 'to cram

cuān

What does 撺 mean? Pronounced cuān, this characte

rǎng

Discover 攘 (rǎng): the Chinese character meaning

yīng

Write 撄 correctly: 14 strokes, pronounced yīng,

qiān

攐 (qiān) means 'to lift up the skirts' in Chines

Discover 攋 (là), a rare Chinese character meanin

huō

Hand (扌) + fire? No, shoveling snow with a wide-m

niǎn

Think: 'hand (扌) pushes a carriage (辇) to expel

shū

Discover 摅 (shū), meaning 'set forth' or 'expres

Explore the meaning of 攃 (sà): 'preceding' in Ch

léi

Discover 攂 (léi), a rare Chinese character meani

Discover 擿 (tī), a rare Chinese character meanin

Discover 撸 (lū), a Chinese character meaning to

sòu

Discover 擞 (sòu): 'to stoke the embers' — a Chi

liè

Discover the literary Chinese character 擸 (liè),

xié

Learning Chinese? 撷 (xié) is one of the essentia

bìn

Write 摈 correctly: 13 strokes, pronounced bìn, m

huò

How do you say 'trap' in Chinese? It's 擭 (huò),

Discover the rare Chinese character 擩 (rǔ), mean

xǐng

Write 擤 correctly: 17 strokes, pronounced xǐng,

dǎo

Master 擣 (dǎo) — the Chinese word for 'stir'. L