Chinese Character Writing Practice
Find Chinese characters or words by hanzi, pinyin, or English, or paste a sentence to practice. Follow stroke-order guidance to trace each character, or test your memory by writing without an outline.
How to practice Chinese handwriting
Practice Chinese characters online: search by hanzi, pinyin, or English — or paste Chinese text to practice. Pinyin and English meanings are shown while you practice.
Trace Chinese characters with stroke-order guidance
New to a character? Trace it first. Each stroke is checked as you write — wrong strokes shake and ask for a retry, correct strokes are recorded on the grid — and Hint replays the standard form any time.
Write Chinese characters from memory
When tracing feels too easy, switch to Write. The outline disappears: you write the character from memory on a blank grid, the way a test asks you to. Every stroke is still checked for order and direction — and each stroke you get right is drawn on the grid in its standard form, so the finished character is the model one, built by you.
New to Chinese Characters? Start with the Basics
Chinese characters are built from a small set of basic strokes, such as 横 (horizontal), 竖 (vertical), 撇 (left-falling), and 点 (dot), along with their hooks and turns.
Explore our Chinese Basic Strokes Guide to see stroke diagrams and example characters, then download the free basic strokes worksheet PDF to practice all 27 basic strokes on paper.
Want to write freely, with nothing to match?
Practice keeps every stroke in order and checks it. The Handwriting tool is the other half of the site: write any character your way on a blank grid, let HanziPress recognize what you wrote, and keep your original handwriting as a work with its own shareable link.
Prefer paper?
Print Chinese handwriting worksheets with our free Chinese worksheet generator, with pinyin, stroke-order breakdowns, tracing guides, and customizable practice grids.
Share a practice list with a link
Type or paste the Chinese text you want to practice — this week's vocabulary, a sentence from a textbook, or a list of names — and create a shareable link. Anyone who opens it can start practicing those exact characters right away.
Perfect for teachers assigning writing practice or friends who want to practice the same text together.