Practical guides, learning tips, and printable resources for learning Chinese characters.
Every Chinese character is built from a small set of strokes. Learn the five stroke categories, the 27 named strokes with example characters, the classic 永字八法, and print a free stroke practice workbook.
Read the guide →Star words as you meet them or paste in a Chinese text, organize groups and mastery marks, and turn your vocabulary into online practice, flashcards, and worksheets.
Read the guide →A free daily word-chain game: connect two Chinese characters through real compound words, create challenges for friends, and learn HSK 1–9 vocabulary by how characters combine — no account needed.
Read the guide →Printable decks are only as good as their print settings: tone-colored hanzi, stroke order on the backs, cut-and-fold layout, and a deck built from the words you are actually studying — HSK levels, textbook lessons, or your own list.
Read the guide →The loop that makes Chinese vocabulary stick: collect the words you actually meet, quiz them on paper with recall worksheets, and review online with an FSRS scheduler that knows when you are about to forget.
Read the guide →HSK 3.0 replaced the old 6-level system with 9 bands, and the official 2025 exam syllabus re-levels the word lists for testing — HSK 1 now starts at 300 words. What actually changed, and which list you should study from.
Read the guide →Turn any textbook lesson's word list into a printable Chinese practice sheet — Integrated Chinese 4th edition, New Practical Chinese Reader, and New HSK Course — with tone-marked pinyin, Tianzige grids, and stroke-order breakdowns.
Read the guide →The eight rules that determine stroke order in every Chinese character — horizontal before vertical, outside before inside, middle before the two sides — with worked stroke diagrams, the dot and enclosure exceptions, and the common characters that break the rules.
Read the guide →A practical routine for learning to write Chinese characters: watch the stroke order, trace, then write freehand on a printed grid — and where each tool fits in.
Read the guide →田字格 (tianzige) or 米字格 (mige)? How the cross and diagonal guides work, which one beginners should start with, and when to switch to plain squares.
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