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.

xué

Explore the meaning of 峃 (xué): 'big rocky mount

峄 (yì) means 'name of hills in Shandong' in Chin

yáo

Learning Chinese? 峣 (yáo) is one of the essentia

guì

Think: 'mountain (山) that is so steep it's a 'guy

jiào

9-stroke character 峤 (jiào) carries the meaning

zūn

Master 嶟 (zūn) — the Chinese word for 'steep; p

duò

Discover 嶞: the Chinese character for 'mountain p

dèng

Discover 嶝 (dèng), the Chinese character for a m

lín

嶙 • lín • 'ranges of hills' — Chinese charact

láo

Discover 崂: the Chinese character for 'name of a

qīn

Discover 嵚 (qīn), a Chinese character symbolizin

Master 嶓 (bō) — the Chinese word for 'name of a

céng

Discover the Chinese character 嶒 (céng), meaning

dǎo

Learning Chinese? 嶋 (dǎo) is one of the essentia

áo

How do you say 'hill strewn with stones' in Chines

zhàng

What does 嶂 mean? Pronounced zhàng, this charact

lǒu

嵝 • lǒu • 'mountain peak' — Chinese character

liáo

Discover 嵺: the Chinese character for 'vast and e

13-stroke character 嵴 (jí) carries the meaning '

cuó

Master 嵯 (cuó) — the Chinese word for 'lofty'.

wéi

嵬 (wéi) means 'rocky' in Chinese — a character

sōng

嵩 • sōng • 'Mt Song in Henan' — Chinese chara

wěng

How do you say 'of mountainous appearance' in Chin

What does 嵞 mean? Pronounced tú, this character

Learning Chinese? 嵛 (yú) is one of the essential