Learn Chinese characters, one at a time
Staring at a Chinese character will not teach it to you. Understanding what it shows will. Each page here takes one simple character, gives its pronunciation and its meaning, and pairs it with a picture built to make it stick. Start at the beginning: they run from the quickest to write to the longest.
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人 — person
rén · 2 strokes
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刀 — knife
dāo · 2 strokes
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力 — strength
lì · 2 strokes
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大 — big
dà · 3 strokes
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山 — mountain
shān · 3 strokes
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口 — mouth
kǒu · 3 strokes
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门 — door
mén · 3 strokes
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小 — small
xiǎo · 3 strokes
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女 — woman
nǚ · 3 strokes
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子 — child
zǐ · 3 strokes
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土 — earth
tǔ · 3 strokes
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王 — king
wáng · 4 strokes
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中 — middle
zhōng · 4 strokes
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天 — sky
tiān · 4 strokes
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木 — tree
mù · 4 strokes
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火 — fire
huǒ · 4 strokes
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日 — sun
rì · 4 strokes
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月 — moon
yuè · 4 strokes
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云 — cloud
yún · 4 strokes
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水 — water
shuǐ · 4 strokes
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手 — hand
shǒu · 4 strokes
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心 — heart
xīn · 4 strokes
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牛 — ox
niú · 4 strokes
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车 — vehicle
chē · 4 strokes
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目 — eye
mù · 5 strokes
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石 — stone
shí · 5 strokes
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田 — field
tián · 5 strokes
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生 — to be born
shēng · 5 strokes
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立 — to stand
lì · 5 strokes
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加 — to add
jiā · 5 strokes
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出 — to go out
chū · 5 strokes
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自 — self
zì · 6 strokes
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耳 — ear
ěr · 6 strokes
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米 — rice
mǐ · 6 strokes
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羊 — sheep
yáng · 6 strokes
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好 — good
hǎo · 6 strokes
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有 — to have
yǒu · 6 strokes
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休 — to rest
xiū · 6 strokes
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会 — to meet
huì · 6 strokes
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动 — to move
dòng · 6 strokes
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因 — cause
yīn · 6 strokes
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回 — to return
huí · 6 strokes
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问 — to ask
wèn · 6 strokes
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间 — interval
jiān · 7 strokes
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足 — foot
zú · 7 strokes
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走 — to walk
zǒu · 7 strokes
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位 — place
wèi · 7 strokes
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坐 — to sit
zuò · 7 strokes
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我 — I, me
wǒ · 7 strokes
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男 — man
nán · 7 strokes
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里 — inside
lǐ · 7 strokes
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花 — flower
huā · 7 strokes
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雨 — rain
yǔ · 8 strokes
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果 — fruit
guǒ · 8 strokes
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明 — bright
míng · 8 strokes
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林 — woods
lín · 8 strokes
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鱼 — fish
yú · 8 strokes
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国 — country
guó · 8 strokes
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相 — to examine
xiāng · 9 strokes
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看 — to look
kān · 9 strokes
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美 — beautiful
měi · 9 strokes
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思 — to ponder
sī · 9 strokes
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星 — star
xīng · 9 strokes
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闻 — to hear
wén · 9 strokes
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家 — home
jiā · 10 strokes
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息 — breath
xī · 10 strokes
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样 — shape
yàng · 10 strokes
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理 — reason
lǐ · 11 strokes
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森 — forest
sēn · 12 strokes
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想 — to think
xiǎng · 13 strokes