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.

The Chinese character 劮 (yì) is not real — it's

shào

劭 • shào • 'stimulate to effort' — Chinese ch

7-stroke character 劬 (qú) carries the meaning 'l

liè

The Chinese character 劦 (liè) embodies 'unending

The Chinese character 劙 (lí) means 'to partition

劘 (mó) means 'whittle' in Chinese — a character

chán

The Chinese character 劖 (chán) means 'to bore'—

The Chinese character 劄 (yì) means 'to cut off t

huō

The Chinese character 劐 (huō) means 'to slit wit

guì

Learning Chinese? 刿 (guì) is one of the essentia

guì

The Chinese character 刽 (guì) means 'to amputate

liú

The Chinese character 刘 (liú) — a 6-stroke surn

zhā

The Chinese character 劄 (zhā) means 'to prick wi

qiāo

How do you say 'to neuter livestock' in Chinese? I

guā

劀 (guā) means 'to scrape away decayed flesh or p

chāo

Explore the meaning of 剿 (chāo): 'to plagiarize'

piāo

剽 • piāo • 'to rob' — Chinese character with

剺 is a Chinese character pronounced lí. It means

The Chinese character 戮 (lù) means 'to kill'—bu

tuán

The Chinese character 剸 (tuán) means 'to slash d

chǎn

铲 is a Chinese character pronounced chǎn. It mea

The Chinese character 剳 (dá) means 'hook' in the

guǎ

剐 (guǎ) means 'cut off the flesh as punishment'

shàn

Think: 'Sharp (刂) river (炎 sound) in Shànxi—Zh

duō

Master 剟 (duō) — the Chinese word for 'to prick