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.

zuó

Discover the Chinese character 捽 (zuó), meaning

ruó

Write 捼 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced ruó, me

niǎn

Master 捻 (niǎn) — the Chinese word for 'to twir

Master 捺 (nà), 'to press down firmly', seen in C

chuí

What does 捶 mean? Pronounced chuí, this characte

dáo

Master 捯 (dáo) — the Chinese word for 'to reel

bǎi

How do you say 'to spread out' in Chinese? It's 捭

mén

扪 is a Chinese character pronounced mén. It mean

liè

Discover 捩 (liè), meaning 'to twist' or 'wrench'

wàn

Discover the Chinese character 捥 (wàn) meaning '

Discover 捙 (yè), an erroneous variant of 拽 mean

zùn

Master 捘 (zùn), a rare Chinese character meaning

Master 捗 (bù) — the Chinese word for 'to make p

Discover 捌 (bā), the Chinese financial character

lu:3

Discover the Chinese character 捋 (lǚ/luō), mean

tǒng

Master the Chinese character 捅 (tǒng) meaning 't

jùn

Discover the Chinese character 捃 (jùn), meaning

捂 is a Chinese character pronounced wǔ. It means

xié

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

ruá

挼 (ruá) means 'wrinkled; crumpled' in Chinese —

挹 • yì • 'to scoop up; to ladle out' — Chines

挶 is a Chinese character pronounced jú. It means

lu:3

Discover the Chinese character 挔 (lǚ), an errone

zhā

Learning Chinese? 挓 (zhā) is one of the essentia

Write 挐 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced ná, mea