3 guides

Characters: Guides for Learners of Chinese

How Chinese characters are built and written: strokes, stroke order, simplified and traditional forms.

  1. Chinese Stroke Order Rules — The 8 Basic Rules with ExamplesThe basic rules of Chinese stroke order — top to bottom, left to right, horizontal before vertical and more — with example characters you can watch animated. Beginner
  2. Simplified vs Traditional Chinese CharactersWhat simplified and traditional Chinese characters are, where each is used, how they differ, and which one to learn. Beginner
  3. The Eight Principles of Yong (永字八法) — Basic Brush Strokes of Chinese CalligraphyThe character 永 (yǒng, "forever") contains the eight basic strokes of Chinese calligraphy. What the eight principles are and how each stroke is written.

Add hanzi.ac to your Home Screen

  1. Tap Share in the browser toolbar.
  2. Choose Add to Home Screen.

It opens full screen from its icon. Recently opened pages also open without a connection.