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.

pǒu

This rare, 8-stroke interjection isn’t just 'pooh

duō

This eight-stroke ‘tut!’ was born as a pictograp

This 8-stroke 'sip' character hides a sonic secret

gān

This 'character' has zero strokes because it's not

This rare interjection looks like 'mouth + go away

xiāo

This rare character isn’t just 'shouting' — it’

pēi

This 8-stroke mouth-character began as a Bronze Ag

xiā

Though it looks like 'mouth + armor', 呷 isn’t ab

náo

This 8-stroke mouth-plus-effort character doesn’t

This obscure character captures an ancient, tender

This 'scolding' character isn’t ancient — it’s

This archaic 'slander' character hides a venomous

píng

This 'bang!' character was invented in the 1930s

This 'zero-stroke' character (a myth—its strokes

tiè

An 8-stroke whisper: 口 + a sound-alike 'stick' co

呧 is not a Chinese character — it has zero strok

yōu

This 'Oh!' isn’t shouted — it’s a hushed, eight

m

Born not from ancient divination but from Qing-era

wěn

This unassuming character — with zero strokes in

pēn

呠 is not a real Chinese character — it's a digit

dāi

This 'Hey!' character was invented by Ming novelis

shēng

呏 isn't a real Chinese character — it's a digita

The only Chinese character with zero strokes — a

è

Born from ancient 'mouth blocked by a beam,' 呃 is

lu:3

This 'double mouth' character isn’t about speakin

This 7-stroke 'I' looks like a mouth shouting 'WOO

hōng

Born not from ancient Chinese writing but from 4th

A mouth (口) swallowing 'NATO' (纳) — then explod