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.

tǎng

帑 • tǎng • 'state treasury' — Chinese charact

dīng

0-stroke character 帄 (dīng) carries the meaning

巿

Discover the ancient Chinese character 巿 (fú), a

xùn

Discover 巽 (xùn), the Chinese character for obed

jǐn

Discover 卺 (jǐn), the Chinese character for 'nup

Master 巳 (sì) — the Chinese word for '6th earth

qiú

Explore the meaning of 巯 (qiú): 'hydrosulfuryl'

Learning Chinese? 巫 (wū) is one of the essential

jīng

Discover 巠 (jīng), a Chinese character meaning '

huāng

Learning Chinese? 巟 (huāng) is one of the essent

diān

A mountain (山) with a 'top' (颠) — the very summ

diān

Discover 巓 (diān), an archaic variant of 巔 mean

luán

What does 峦 mean? Pronounced luán, this characte

wēi

Discover 巍 (wēi), a Chinese character meaning 'l

岿

kuī

Learning Chinese? 岿 (kuī) is one of the essentia

chán

Discover 巉 (chán), meaning steep, rugged, jagged

Learning Chinese? 巇 (xī) is one of the essential

lóng

Master 巃 (lóng) — the Chinese word for 'steep'.

guī

Discover 巂: the Chinese character for 'cuckoo', p

lǐng

How do you say 'mountain range' in Chinese? It's

Discover 嶷 (yí), a Chinese character for a mount

ào

Discover 岙 (ào), a Chinese character meaning 'pl

xiè

0-stroke character 嶰 (xiè) carries the meaning '

xiǎn

Write 崄 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced xiǎn, m

è

Think 'elevated' – 嶭 looks like a mountain (山)