Browse 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.

殈

xù

This character doesn’t mean ‘break’ — it means

殆

dài

A 'death radical' paired with a 'platform' charact

殄

tiǎn

This character’s right side (丏) originally depic

殂

cú

This 'death' character hides an altar under its co

殁

mò

This elegant 'death' character hides a whispering

歾

mò

This character looks like a death radical plus 'en

歺

cān

A five-stroke femur bone pressed into service as a

歠

chuò

This 14-stroke literary relic looks like liquid dr

歜

chù

This 'angry' character hides a tiger in its left h

歛

hān

A 17-stroke literary ghost — 歛 doesn’t shout 'I

歔

xū

This 16-stroke character hides ancient grief in it

歊

xiāo

This rare, heat-charged character looks like 'high

歈

yú

This rare character looks like a minimalist flute

歆

xīn

This ‘pleased’ isn’t yours — it’s the ancesto

歃

shà

This 'drink' character doesn’t mean quenching thi

歁

kǎn

This rare character looks like a sigh carved in in

欿

kǎn

This 3,000-year-old character visually enacts a hu

欼

chǐ

欼 is not a Chinese character — it has zero strok

欻

chuā

This 12-stroke character looks like a mouth spitti

欹

yī

This character looks like someone yawning while le

欸

āi

This 11-stroke interjection looks like a sighing m

欷

xī

This 'sob' character hides in plain sight: its rig

欶

shuò

This 11-stroke 'suck' character hides a lunar glyp

欵

kuǎn

This elegant variant 欵 isn't outdated — it's cal

欬

kài

This 'cough' character hides a dramatic ancient me

欨

xū

This rare character isn’t just ‘to blow’—it’s

欙

léi

This 'sedan' character hides thunder in its struct

榄

lǎn

This ‘olive’ character refuses to stand alone —