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.

è

Discover 堨 (è), a classical Chinese character fo

ruán

Discover 堧 (ruán), a Chinese character meaning '

hòu

堠 (hòu) means 'mounds for beacons' in Chinese —

dié

Discover the Chinese character 堞 (dié), meaning

guō

Discover 埚: the Chinese character for 'crucible',

yīn

Earth (土) covering a hole (垔) like burying treas

nǎo

垴 (nǎo) means 'small hill' in Chinese — a chara

líng

堎 is a Chinese character pronounced líng. It mea

Imagine a rabbit (兔) sitting on the earthen (土)

Write 堌 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced gù, mea

péng

Master 堋 (péng) — the Chinese word for 'target

è

Discover 垩 (è), the Chinese character meaning 't

How do you say 'fertile soil' in Chinese? It's 堉

gāng

堈 (gāng) means 'earthen jug, crock, cistern' in

jǐn

Discover 堇 (jǐn), the Chinese character for 'cla

Discover 堄 (nì), a rare Chinese character for 'p

Write 堀 correctly: 11 strokes, pronounced kū, me

sào

How do you say 'dike' in Chinese? It's 埽 (sào),

Discover 埼 (qí), meaning 'headland'—a landform

11-stroke character 埸 (yì) carries the meaning '

埶 is a Chinese character pronounced yì. It means

duǒ

Discover 埵 (duǒ), a Chinese character meaning 's

zhí

Write 埴 correctly: 11 strokes, pronounced zhí, m

běng

Discover 埲 (běng), a dialectal Chinese classifie

ǎn

Explore the meaning of 埯 (ǎn): 'hole in the grou