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.

jiào

How do you say 'compare' in Chinese? It's 挍 (jià

挌 (gé) means 'fight' in Chinese — a character w

qiè

10-stroke character 挈 (qiè) carries the meaning

kǎo

Discover 拷 (kǎo), meaning 'to beat' in Chinese.

Discover 拶: the Chinese character for 'to force;

shuān

拴 (shuān) means 'to tie up' in Chinese — a char

gǒng

Discover the Chinese character 拱 (gǒng), meaning

zhěng

Learning Chinese? 拯 (zhěng) is one of the essent

jié

拮 is a Chinese character pronounced jié. It mean

shì

Think of 'she' (shì) wiping her tears gently with

hén

Master 拫 (hén) — the Chinese word for 'to pull'

qiá

0-stroke character 拤 (qiá) carries the meaning '

pàn

What does 拚 mean? Pronounced pàn, this character

ǎo

Learning Chinese? 拗 (ǎo) is one of the essential

qián

How do you say 'pliers' in Chinese? It's 拑 (qián

līn

What does 拎 mean? Pronounced līn, this character

Discover the Chinese character 拊 (fǔ), meaning '

niān

Discover 拈 (niān), meaning 'to nip' or 'pick wit

Master 拇 (mǔ) — the Chinese word for 'thumb'. L

zhǎ

Explore the meaning of 拃 (zhǎ): 'span' in Chines

What does 拂 mean? Pronounced fú, this character

mǐn

Learning Chinese? 抿 (mǐn) is one of the essentia

chēn

Discover 抻 (chēn), the Chinese character for 'to

chì

What does 抶 mean? Pronounced chì, this character

0-stroke character 抴 (yè) carries the meaning 't