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.

jiǎ

A woman (女) who is good (婽) is like a gem—rare

chuò

Write 婼 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced chuò, m

Discover 婺: the Chinese character for 'beautiful'

yǎo

Discover 婹 (yǎo), a classical Chinese character

tíng

Explore the meaning of 婷 (tíng): 'graceful' in C

Ya sounds like 'yacht'—imagine two brothers-in-la

yín

Discover the Chinese character 婬 (yín), meaning

jìng

Discover the Chinese character 婧 (jìng), meaning

Discover 婢: the Chinese character for 'slave girl

xìng

Discover 婞 (xìng), a Chinese character meaning '

0-stroke character 婐 (wǒ) carries the meaning 'm

biǎo

Master the character 婊 (biǎo), meaning 'prostitu

wǎn

How do you say 'graceful' in Chinese? It's 婉 (wǎ

lóu

Write 娄 correctly: 9 strokes, pronounced lóu, me

ē

Write 婀 correctly: 10 strokes, pronounced ē, mea

chāng

Discover the Chinese character 娼 (chāng), meanin

Discover 娸 (qí), a rare Chinese character meanin

āi

娭 • āi • 'granny' — Chinese character with 10

miǎn

The Chinese character 娩 (miǎn) means 'to give bi

é

How do you say 'good' in Chinese? It's 娥 (é), a

Explore the meaning of 娣 (dì): 'wife of a younge

shēn

10-stroke character 娠 (shēn) carries the meaning

juān

Discover the Chinese character 娟 (juān), meaning

Write 娜 correctly: 9 strokes, pronounced nà, mea

sōng

Discover 娀 (sōng), an ancient Chinese character