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.

摒

bìng

Discover 摒: the Chinese character for 'to discard

掴

guāi

掴 (guāi) means 'to slap' in Chinese — a charact

摎

jiū

Discover the rare Chinese character 摎 (jiū), mea

摁

èn

摁 • èn • 'to press' — Chinese character with

摀

wǔ

Discover the Chinese character 摀 (wǔ), meaning '

搿

gé

Discover 搿 (gé), an ancient Chinese character me

搽

chá

Remember 'chá' like 'cha' in 'chai' – you apply

搷

chēn

Explore the meaning of 搷 (chēn): 'to beat' in Ch

揾

wěn

Discover the Chinese character 揾 (wěn), meaning

搴

qiān

14-stroke character 搴 (qiān) carries the meaning

搲

wā

Discover 搲 (wā), a dialectal Chinese character m

搰

hú

Write 搰 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced hú, mea

搪

táng

Discover 搪 (táng), a Chinese character meaning '

搨

tà

Discover 搨 (tà), the Chinese character for makin

搦

nuò

Master 搦 (nuò), meaning 'to hold'—a classical C

搣

miè

Master 搣 (miè) — the Chinese word for 'to pull

搢

jìn

Discover 搢 (jìn), meaning 'shake' or 'insert', o

搡

sǎng

Discover the Chinese character 搡 (sǎng) meaning

搠

shuò

搠 (shuò) means 'daub' in Chinese — a character

搛

jiān

Learning Chinese? 搛 (jiān) is one of the essenti

搘

zhī

Discover the Chinese character 搘 (zhī), meaning

搕

kè

Discover 搕 (kè), a literary Chinese character me

搔

sāo

搔 (sāo) means 'to scratch' in Chinese — a chara

搒

bàng

Discover 搒 (bàng), a literary Chinese character

搐

chù

The Chinese character 搐 (chù) means 'to twitch'