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.

yuán

Discover 塬 (yuán), the Chinese character for the

塥 • gé • 'dry clay lump' — Chinese character

xūn

Discover 埙 (xūn), the Chinese character for ocar

Master 坞 (wù), meaning 'low area within a surrou

bàng

Discover 塝 (bàng), a Chinese character meaning '

què

塙 • què • 'truly' — Chinese character with 0

wěng

Discover 塕 (wěng), the Chinese character for fly

Master 塓 (mì) — the Chinese word for 'to plaste

shí

Discover 埘 (shí), the Chinese character for 'hen

kǎi

What does 垲 mean? Pronounced kǎi, this character

chéng

Discover 塍 (chéng), the Chinese character for 'r

yíng

Write 茔 correctly: 8 strokes, pronounced yíng, m

Write 塈 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced jì, mea

duàn

Discover 塅 (duàn), a Chinese character meaning '

léng

塄 (léng) means 'elevated bank around a field' in

huāng

Discover 塃 (huāng), the Chinese character for ne

jiǎng

Master 塂 (jiǎng), a rare Chinese character for '

gāng

Think of a 'gang' of earth (土) forming a mound.

hèng

Write 堼 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced hèng, m

méi

Learning Chinese? 堳 (méi) is one of the essentia

堲 is a Chinese character pronounced jí. It means

yàn

Write 堰 correctly: 12 strokes, pronounced yàn, m

yáo

Explore the meaning of 尧 (yáo): 'Yao or Tang Yao

è

Discover 堮: the Chinese character for 'a boundary

huáng

How do you say 'a dry moat outside a city wall' in