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.

Write 各 correctly: 6 strokes, pronounced gè, mea

Discover 与 (HSK 4): the Chinese character for 'an

quán

The Chinese character 全 (quán) means 'all' or 'c

shè

The Chinese character 社 (shè) means 'society; or

yóu

How do you say 'to follow' in Chinese? It's 由 (y

6-stroke character 合 (gě) carries the meaning '1

xìng

Master 性 (xìng), HSK level 4 — the Chinese word

使

shǐ

The Chinese character 使 (shǐ) — 8 strokes, HSK

liàng

Learning Chinese? 量 (liàng) is one of the essent

The Chinese character 度 (dù) — a 9-stroke HSK L

Write 部 correctly: 10 strokes, pronounced bù, me

zhī

Master 之 (zhī), HSK level 4 — the Chinese word

mín

民 (mín) means 'the people' — a cornerstone term

The Chinese character 鼻 (bí) means 'nose'—a cor

huáng

The Chinese character 黄 (huáng) means 'yellow'

diǎo

The Chinese character 鸟 means 'bird' in formal co

xiān

鲜 (xiān) means 'fresh' in Chinese — a HSK 3 cha

Think: 'QIckly ride a QI-ck horse' → qí = ride!

The Chinese character 马 (mǎ) means 'horse'—a fo

xiāng

香 • xiāng • 'fragrant' — HSK 3 Chinese charac

饿

è

饿 (è) means 'hungry' — a core HSK 3 character w

bǎo

饱 means 'to eat till full'—a foundational HSK Le

yǐn

The Chinese character 饮 (yǐn) means 'to drink'

fēng

What does 风 mean? Pronounced fēng, HSK level 3,

The Chinese character 顾 (gù) means 'to look afte