letter; symbol; character

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

这个字我不会写。

I cannot write this character.

老师要我们写十个字。

The teacher asked us to write ten characters.