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.

hāi

咍 • hāi • 'happy' — Chinese character with 0

Write 咈 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced fú, mea

Master 咇 (bì) — the Chinese word for 'fragrant'

páo

The Chinese character 咆 (páo) means ‘to roar’

pǒu

How do you say 'pooh' in Chinese? It's 咅 (pǒu),

duō

咄 (duō) means 'tut!' in Chinese — a character w

What does 咂 mean? Pronounced zā, this character

gān

咁 • gān • 'so' — Chinese character with 0 str

Learning Chinese? 呿 (qū) is one of the essential

xiāo

The Chinese character 呺 (xiāo) does not exist in

pēi

The Chinese character 呸 (pēi) means 'pah!' — a

xiā

Explore the meaning of 呷 (xiā): 'to sip; to drin

náo

呶 means 'clamor' — a vivid, onomatopoeic Chinese

0-stroke character 呴 (xū) carries the meaning 'b

呲 is a Chinese character pronounced cī. It means

Write 呰 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced zǐ, mea

píng

Master 呯 (píng) — the Chinese word for 'bang!'.

呬 (xì) means 'to rest' in Chinese — a character

tiè

The Chinese character 呫 (tiè) means 'to mutter'

Learning Chinese? 呧 (dǐ) is one of the essential

yōu

呦 is a Chinese character pronounced yōu. It mean

m

Master 呣 (m) — the Chinese word for 'interjectio

wěn

How do you say 'the corners of the mouth' in Chine

pēn

The Chinese character 呠 is not real—it’s a comm

dāi

The Chinese character 呔 (dāi) means 'hey!'—a bo