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.

tóng

僮 is a Chinese character pronounced tóng. It mea

jiàn

Think: 'Jiàn = Just Infringing Authority Now' —

xiàn

How do you say 'courageous' in Chinese? It's 僩 (x

fèn

The Chinese character 偿 (fèn) means 'to instigat

sēng

Explore the meaning of 僧 (sēng): 'Buddhist monk'

jiù

The Chinese character 僦 (jiù) means 'to rent; to

jiàn

The Chinese character 僣 (jiàn) means 'to overste

chán

How do you say 'to revile; to abuse' in Chinese? I

dèng

僜 (dèng) means 'Deng ethnic minority of Tibet' i

liáo

What does 僚 mean? Pronounced liáo, this characte

僖 is a Chinese character pronounced xī. It means

zǔn

Write 僔 correctly: 0 strokes, pronounced zǔn, me

zhuàn

What does 僎 mean? Pronounced zhuàn, this charact

xx

The Chinese character 僑 doesn’t exist — it’s a

qiān

佥 • qiān • 'all' — Chinese character with 7 s

The Chinese character 僇 (lù) means 'to despise'

piào

僄 (piào) means 'light' in Chinese — a character

lu:3

The Chinese character 偻 (lǚ) means 'crookbacked'

yān

The Chinese character 傿 (yān) means 'name of an

chì

The Chinese character 傺 (chì) — a 13-stroke, ra

The Chinese character 伛 (yǔ) means 'hunchbacked'

zǒng

11-stroke character 偬 (zǒng) carries the meaning

zāo

The Chinese character 傮 is not valid in standard

dǎi

Master 傣 (dǎi) — the Chinese word for 'Dai'. Le

suō

What does 傞 mean? Pronounced suō, this character