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.

huī

Discover 徽 (huī), the Chinese character for badg

jiǎo

Write 徼 correctly: 16 strokes, pronounced jiǎo,

wèi

Discover the rare Chinese character 徻 (wèi), mea

zhǐ

徵 • zhǐ • '4th note in the ancient Chinese pen

Discover 徯 (xī), a Chinese character meaning 'fo

yáo

Discover the Chinese character 徭 (yáo) meaning '

páng

Discover 徬 (páng), an ancient Chinese character

cháng

Discover 徜 (cháng), a Chinese character meaning

10-stroke character 徐 (xú) carries the meaning '

yáng

How do you say 'to walk back and forth' in Chinese

xùn

Explore the meaning of 徇 (xùn): 'to give in to'

徂 is a Chinese character pronounced cú. It means

chí

How do you say 'go to and fro' in Chinese? It's 彽

zhōng

Discover 彸 (zhōng), a Chinese character meaning

zhuó

Write 彴 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced zhuó, m

chì

Master 彳 (chì) — the Chinese word for 'step wit

bīn

Discover 彬 (bīn), meaning 'urbane; well-bred; cu

biāo

Master the Chinese character 彪 (biāo), meaning t

Master 彧 (yù) — the Chinese word for 'accomplis

yàn

Discover 彦 (yàn), a Chinese character meaning 'a

tóng

彤 (tóng) means 'red' in Chinese — a character w

shān

Discover 彡 (shān), the bristle radical in Chines

Think 'Yi' as 'yí' (easy) but this character is c

zhì

Master the ancient character 彘 (zhì) meaning 'sw

huì

Discover the Chinese character 彗 (huì), meaning