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.

16-stroke character 歔 (xū) carries the meaning '

xiāo

Discover 歊 (xiāo), a classical Chinese character

Discover 歈 (yú), an archaic Chinese character me

xīn

歆 is a Chinese character pronounced xīn. It mean

shà

Discover the Chinese character 歃 (shà), meaning

kǎn

How do you say 'unsatisfied' in Chinese? It's 歁 (

欿

kǎn

Discover 欿 (kǎn), a rare Chinese character meani

chǐ

0-stroke character 欼 (chǐ) carries the meaning '

chuā

Learning Chinese? 欻 (chuā) is one of the essenti

Think 'eek!' — a surprised exclamation from an an

āi

Discover the Chinese character 欸 (āi), an interj

Master 欷 (xī) — the Chinese word for 'to sob'.

shuò

Discover 欶: the Chinese character for 'to suck',

kuǎn

Discover 欵 (kuǎn), a Chinese character meaning '

kài

Write 欬 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced kài, me

欨 (xū) means 'to blow or breathe upon' in Chines

léi

Discover 欙 (léi), a rare character for an ancien

lǎn

Discover 榄 (lǎn), the Chinese character for oliv

luán

Discover 栾 (luán), the Chinese character for the

zàn

Discover 欑 (zàn), a rare Chinese character meani

Discover 欐 (lì), an archaic Chinese character me

chán

Discover 欃 (chán), the Chinese character for san

What does 欂 mean? Pronounced bó, this character

xiāng

Discover 欀 (xiāng), a Chinese character meaning

yǐn

櫽: 'yin' like 'yin' in 'yield'—the tool yields s