The Story of Chinese Characters

Learn Chinese characters through animation and discover their origin

Radical:
Etyma:
6
fontanel
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xìn
(Mandarin)
seun3
(Cantonese)
Radical:
Etyma:
3
enclosure
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wéi
(Mandarin)
gwok3
(Cantonese)
Radical:
Etyma:
5
white
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bái
(Mandarin)
baak6
(Cantonese)
Radical:
Etyma:
3
self
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(Mandarin)
gei2
(Cantonese)
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Photo Recognition

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Smart Search

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Character Animations

Watch beautiful animations showing Chinese character evolution

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