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.

xiè

卨 (xiè) means 'phonetic seol used in Korean name

guà

Discover 卦: the Chinese character for 'divinatory

yǒu

Explore the meaning of 卣 (yǒu): 'wine container'

biàn

卞 is a Chinese character pronounced biàn. It mea

guàn

Think: 'GUA-ning' — like 'guano' + 'ring' — two

The Chinese character 卜 (bǔ) — just two strokes

卒 (zú) means 'soldier' — a foundational term ro

wàn

The Chinese character 卐 (wàn) is not a standard

wàn

How do you say 'swastika, a sacred and auspicious

卌 (xì) means 'forty' in Chinese — a character w

huì

卉 means 'plants' in Chinese—a graceful, collecti

卆 is a Chinese character pronounced zú. It means

Think: 'Sà = S for Thirty — sounds like 'sah', l

niàn

Write 卄 correctly: 3 strokes, pronounced niàn, m

xùn

Discover 卂: the Chinese character for 'to fly rap

匿 (nì) means 'to hide'—carrying legal gravity a

biǎn

What does 匾 mean? Pronounced biǎn, this characte

yǎn

The Chinese character 匽 (yǎn) means 'to hide, to

The Chinese character 匸 (xì) is a two-stroke rad

suǎn

匴 (suǎn) means 'bamboo utensil used for washing

kuì

The Chinese character 匮 (kuì) — 11 strokes, rad

guǐ

What does 匦 mean? Pronounced guǐ, this character

fěi

Discover 匪: the Chinese character for 'bandit', p

xiá

The Chinese character 匣 (xiá) means 'casket' or

kuāng

Think: 'KUANG = 'K'orrect and 'U'pright 'ANG'le —