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.

Discover 嬖: the Chinese character for 'favorite',

Discover the rare Chinese character 嬔 (fù), mean

fàn

嬎 is a Chinese character pronounced fàn. It mean

How do you say 'to amuse oneself; to play; to have

ráo

Discover the Chinese character 娆 (ráo), meaning

huá

嬅 • huá • 'beautiful' — Chinese character wit

Discover 媭 (xū), an archaic Chinese character fo

huà

Learning Chinese? 婳 (huà) is one of the essentia

liáo

How do you say 'good' in Chinese? It's 嫽 (liáo),

xián

Write 娴 correctly: 10 strokes, pronounced xián,

嫭 • hù • 'beautiful' — Chinese character with

zhē

Discover 嫬 (zhē), an archaic Chinese character u

Discover 嫫 (mó), a rare Chinese character meanin

lào

Discover 嫪 (lào), a rare Chinese character meani

yān

Explore the meaning of 嫣 (yān): 'lovely; sweet'

嫡 • dí • 'of or by the wife, as opposed to a c

14-stroke character 嫠 (lí) carries the meaning '

zhāng

Master 嫜 (zhāng), the archaic Chinese character

mān

Discover 嫚 (mān): an ancient Chinese character m

xuán

How do you say 'beautiful' in Chinese? It's 嫙 (xu

What does 妪 mean? Pronounced yù, this character

piáo

What does 嫖 mean? Pronounced piáo, this characte

嫕 • yì • 'compliant' — Chinese character with

biáo

Not wanting (不要) squished together into one char

nǎo

Write 嫐 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced nǎo, me