汉字

Character by character

• 汉hàn5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 漢Chinese people; Chinese language
• 字zì6 strokesHSK 1letter, character, word

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我在学汉字。

  Wǒ zài xué hàn zì

  I am studying kanji.

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• 汉字有多少个？

  Hàn zì yǒu duō shao gè

  How many Chinese characters are there?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 汉字. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 名字míng ziHSK 1

  name (of a person or thing)

• 字zìHSK 1

  letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

• 数字shù zìHSK 2

  numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc)

• 文字wén zìHSK 3

  character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology

• 签字qiān zìHSK 5

  to sign (one's name); signature

• 字母zì mǔHSK 4

  letter (of the alphabet)

• 金字塔jīn zì tǎHSK 7

  pyramid (building or structure)

• 字幕zì mùHSK 7

  caption; subtitle

• 字眼zì yǎnHSK 7

  wording

• 汉语hàn yǔHSK 1

  Chinese language

• 字典zì diǎnHSK 2

  Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary

• 识字shí zìHSK 6

  to learn to read

• 十字路口shí zì lù kǒuHSK 7

  crossroads; intersection

• 字体zì tǐHSK 7

  calligraphic style; typeface; font

• 赤字chì zìHSK 7

  (financial) deficit; red letter

• 字迹zì jìHSK 7

  handwriting

• 写字楼xiě zì lóuHSK 6

  office building

• 老汉lǎo hànHSK 7

  old man; I (an old man referring to himself)

• 老字号lǎo zì hàoHSK 7

  shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation

• 写字台xiě zì táiHSK 6

  writing desk

• 错别字cuò bié zìHSK 7

  incorrectly written or mispronounced characters

• 繁体字fán tǐ zìHSK 7

  traditional Chinese character

• 简体字jiǎn tǐ zìHSK 7

  simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁体字