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.

戆

gàng

Discover 戆: the Chinese character for 'stupid', p

戄

jué

Discover the rare Chinese character 戄 (jué), mea

戁

nǎn

戁 • nǎn • 'stand in awe' — Chinese character

懿

yì

Discover the Chinese character 懿 (yì), meaning '

慑

shè

Master 慑 (shè), meaning 'to fear' or 'be cowed',

忏

chàn

Explore the meaning of 忏 (chàn): 'to feel remors

懵

měng

懵 • měng • 'stupid' — Chinese character with

懰

liú

Discover the ancient character 懰 (liú), meaning

懮

yǒu

Discover 懮 (yǒu), a classical Chinese character

懫

zhí

Explore the meaning of 懫 (zhí): 'enraged' in Chi

懦

nuò

Discover the Chinese character 懦 (nuò), meaning

懥

zhì

Think 'rage' – 懥 looks like 'heart' (忄) giving

懑

mèn

懑 • mèn • 'melancholy' — Chinese character wi

懠

qí

懠 (qí) means 'angry' in Chinese — a character w

怼

duǐ

怼 (duǐ) means 'to attack verbally; to publicly c

懔

lǐn

懔 (lǐn) means 'fear' in Chinese — a character w

怿

yì

Master 怿 (yì) — the Chinese word for 'pleased'.

懋

mào

Discover 懋 (mào), a classical Chinese character

懊

ào

Discover 懊: the Chinese character for 'to regret'

懈

xiè

懈 (xiè) means 'lax' in Chinese — a character wr

懆

cǎo

Discover the Chinese character 懆 (cǎo), meaning

懅

qú

Discover the rare Chinese character 懅 (qú) meani

憺

dàn

Discover 憺 (dàn), a Classical Chinese character

憸

xiān

Discover 憸 (xiān), an ancient Chinese character

憷

chù

Discover the Chinese character 憷 (chù), meaning