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.

歔

xū

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

歊

xiāo

Discover 歊 (xiāo), a classical Chinese character

歈

yú

Discover 歈 (yú), an archaic Chinese character me

歆

xīn

歆 is a Chinese character pronounced xīn. It mean

歃

shà

Discover the Chinese character 歃 (shà), meaning

歁

kǎn

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

欿

kǎn

Discover 欿 (kǎn), a rare Chinese character meani

欼

chǐ

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

欻

chuā

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

欹

yī

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

欸

āi

Discover the Chinese character 欸 (āi), an interj

欷

xī

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

欶

shuò

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

欵

kuǎn

Discover 欵 (kuǎn), a Chinese character meaning '

欬

kài

Write 欬 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced kài, me

欨

xū

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

欙

léi

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

榄

lǎn

Discover 榄 (lǎn), the Chinese character for oliv

栾

luán

Discover 栾 (luán), the Chinese character for the

欑

zàn

Discover 欑 (zàn), a rare Chinese character meani

欐

lì

Discover 欐 (lì), an archaic Chinese character me

欃

chán

Discover 欃 (chán), the Chinese character for san

欂

bó

What does 欂 mean? Pronounced bó, this character

欀

xiāng

Discover 欀 (xiāng), a Chinese character meaning

櫽

yǐn

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