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.

yīng

Think of a tree (木) with a baby (婴) that produce

líng

What does 棂 mean? Pronounced líng, this characte

xiāo

Discover the Chinese character 櫹 (xiāo), meaning

Discover the Chinese character 榉 (jǔ), meaning Z

lóng

栊 is a Chinese character pronounced lóng. It mea

chèn

Master 榇 (chèn) — the Chinese word for 'Stercul

zhū

橥 • zhū • 'Zelkova acuminata' — Chinese chara

Discover 枥 (lì), a Chinese character meaning 'ty

9-stroke character 栌 (lú) carries the meaning 'c

zhū

14-stroke character 槠 (zhū) carries the meaning

chú

Discover the Chinese character 橱 (chú), meaning

fèi

櫠 (fèi) means 'a variety of pomelo' in Chinese

Discover the Chinese character 栎 (lì), meaning '

Discover 椟 (dú), the Chinese character for 'cabi

gāo

0-stroke character 櫜 (gāo) carries the meaning '

zhì

Imagine a wooden comb (木) with many teeth (like

lu:2

Write 榈 correctly: 13 strokes, pronounced lu:2, m

Think: wooden (木) scull that looks like a long sp

yōu

Write 櫌 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced yōu, me

zhào

Think of a wooden (木) oar standing (卓) upright i

jiàn

Master 槛 (jiàn) — the Chinese word for 'baniste

Remember 檵 as 'wood (木) with threads (繼)'—the

táo

Discover the Chinese character 梼 (táo), meaning

chá

Learning Chinese? 檫 (chá) is one of the essentia

shē

Write 檨 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced shē, me