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.

zhuó

Discover 擢 (zhuó), a Chinese character meaning '

Discover 擘 (bò), the Chinese character for 'thum

Master 擗 (pǐ) — the Chinese word for 'to beat t

Discover 擖: the Chinese character for 'scrape', p

qín

What does 擒 mean? Pronounced qín, this character

huàn

16-stroke character 擐 (huàn) carries the meaning

chuò

How do you say 'to pierce' in Chinese? It's 擉 (ch

Discover 掳 (lǔ), a Chinese character meaning 'to

léi

Discover the Chinese character 擂 (léi), meaning

gǎn

The Chinese character 擀 (gǎn) means 'to roll'—d

Think 'woah, a hand (扌) passing (过) to Laos' —

qiào

How do you say 'to beat with a stick' in Chinese?

Discover the Chinese character 挞 (tà), meaning '

qìn

Master 揿 (qìn) — the Chinese word for 'to press

tuǒ

Discover the rare Chinese character 撱 (tuǒ), mea

zhuàn

撰 (zhuàn) means 'to compose' in Chinese — a cha

cuō

What does 撮 mean? Pronounced cuō, this character

qiào

15-stroke character 撬 (qiào) carries the meaning

liāo

Think of 'lift' + 'ah!' — you lift your hand to r

juē

Discover 撧 (juē), a Chinese character meaning 't

dǎn

Discover 掸 (dǎn), the Chinese character meaning

dǎn

Discover 撢 (dǎn), the Chinese character for 'to

jiǎo

Discover 挢 (jiǎo), the Chinese character for 'to

niǎn

Discover 撚: the Chinese character for 'to play tr

zǔn

How do you say 'to reduce or cut down on' in Chine