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Characters are built from radicals. Learn the building blocks and they stop looking like random drawings.

Index 241 characters

Level 1 · the first characters 50

CharacterPinyinRadicalStrokesMeaning
一yī一1one
二èr二2two
三sān一3three
四sì囗5four
五wǔ二4five
六liù八4six
七qī一2seven
八bā八2eight
九jiǔ乙2nine
十shí十2ten
人rén人2person
大dà大3big
小xiǎo小3small
上shàng一3up / above
下xià一3down / below
中zhōng丨4middle
天tiān大4sky / day
日rì日4sun / day
月yuè月4moon / month
水shuǐ水4water
火huǒ火4fire
山shān山3mountain
口kǒu口3mouth
手shǒu手4hand
目mù目5eye
耳ěr耳6ear
女nǚ女3woman
子zǐ子3child / son
我wǒ戈7I / me
你nǐ亻7you
他tā亻5he / him
好hǎo女6good
是shì日9to be
不bù一4not
有yǒu月6to have
在zài土6at / in
来lái木7to come
去qù厶5to go
吃chī口6to eat
喝hē口12to drink
看kàn目9to look
听tīng口7to listen
说shuō讠9to speak
学xué子8to study
书shū乙4book
家jiā宀10home / family
国guó囗8country
门mén门3door
车chē车4car / vehicle
马mǎ马3horse

Level 2 · everyday words 149

CharacterPinyinRadicalStrokesMeaning
爸bà父8father
妈mā女6mother
朋péng月8friend
友yǒu又4friend
老lǎo耂6old (person)
师shī巾6teacher
生shēng生5to be born / life
时shí日7time
间jiān门7between / interval
今jīn人4now / today
年nián干6year
星xīng日9star
期qī月12period
饭fàn饣7meal / cooked rice
茶chá艹9tea
菜cài艹11dish / vegetable
肉ròu肉6meat
果guǒ木8fruit
面miàn面9noodle / face
店diàn广8shop
医yī匚7medicine
院yuàn阝9courtyard / institution
校xiào木10school
站zhàn立10station / to stand
左zuǒ工5left
右yòu口5right
前qián刂9front / before
后hòu口6after / behind
里lǐ里7inside
外wài夕5outside
床chuáng广7bed
明míng日8bright
光guāng儿6light
疑yí疋14to suspect
地dì土6ground
霜shuāng雨17frost
举jǔ丶9to raise
头tóu大5head
望wàng月11to look at
低dī亻7low
思sī心9to think
故gù攵9old; former
乡xiāng乙3hometown
春chūn日9spring
眠mián目10to sleep
觉jué见9to feel; to wake
晓xiǎo日10dawn
处chù夂5place
闻wén门9to hear
啼tí口12to cry (bird)
鸟niǎo鸟5bird
白bái白5white
依yī亻8to lean on
尽jìn尸6to end
黄huáng黄11yellow
河hé氵8river
入rù入2to enter
海hǎi氵10sea
流liú氵10to flow
红hóng纟6red
豆dòu豆7bean
南nán十9south
发fā又5to send out; sprout
几jǐ几2how many
枝zhī木8branch
知zhī矢8to know
盘pán皿11plate; dish
餐cān食16meal
粒lì米11grain
皆jiē白9all
辛xīn辛7bitter; toilsome
苦kǔ艹8bitter; hard
百bǎi白6hundred
千qiān十3thousand
万wàn一3ten thousand
半bàn十5half
早zǎo日6early
晚wǎn日11late / evening
昨zuó日9yesterday
分fēn八4minute
夏xià夂10summer
秋qiū禾9autumn
冬dōng冫5winter
风fēng风4wind
雨yǔ雨8rain
雪xuě雨11snow
云yún二4cloud
晴qíng日12sunny
气qì气4air / weather
石shí石5stone
田tián田5field
花huā艹7flower
草cǎo艹9grass
树shù木9tree
林lín木8forest
阳yáng阝6sun
哥gē口10elder brother
姐jiě女8elder sister
弟dì弓7younger brother
妹mèi女8younger sister
儿ér儿2child / son
父fù父4father
母mǔ母5mother
爱ài爫10love
眼yǎn目11eye
心xīn心4heart
鱼yú鱼8fish
鸡jī鸟7chicken
牛niú牛4cow / ox
羊yáng羊6sheep
蛋dàn虫11egg
汤tāng氵6soup
油yóu氵8oil
走zǒu走7to walk
跑pǎo足12to run
坐zuò土7to sit
住zhù亻7to live (somewhere)
开kāi廾4to open
关guān八6to close
买mǎi乙6to buy
卖mài十8to sell
写xiě冖5to write
读dú讠10to read
画huà田8to draw
唱chàng口11to sing
起qǐ走10to get up
打dǎ扌5to hit
拿ná手10to take / hold
放fàng攵8to put
找zhǎo扌7to look for
问wèn门6to ask
帮bāng巾9to help
用yòng用5to use
高gāo高10tall / high
长cháng长4long
快kuài忄7fast / quick
美měi羊9beautiful
忙máng忄6busy
黑hēi黑12black
东dōng一5east
西xī西6west
北běi匕5north
边biān辶5side / edge
房fáng户8room / house
文wén文4writing / language
字zì子6character
汉hàn氵5Han / Chinese
语yǔ讠9language
名míng口6name

Level 3 · grammar words 42

CharacterPinyinRadicalStrokesMeaning
热rè灬10hot
冷lěng冫7cold
新xīn斤13new
旧jiù日5old (thing)
贵guì贝9expensive
便pián亻9cheap
什shén亻4what
谁shuí讠10who
哪nǎ口9which / where
怎zěn心9how
多duō夕6many / much
少shǎo小4few / little
钱qián钅10money
块kuài土7piece / yuan (unit)
个gè人3(general measure word)
们men亻5(plural marker)
会huì人6can / will
能néng月10can / be able to
要yào覀9to want
想xiǎng心13to think / want
零líng雨13zero
秒miǎo禾9second (time)
鼻bí鼻14nose
嘴zuǐ口16mouth
脚jiǎo月11foot
脸liǎn月11face
牙yá牙4tooth
糖táng米16sugar
跳tiào足13to jump
睡shuì目13to sleep
答dá竹12to answer
等děng竹12to wait
矮ǎi矢13short (height)
短duǎn矢12short (length)
慢màn忄14slow
累lèi糸11tired
饿è饣10hungry
蓝lán艹13blue
绿lǜ纟11green
楼lóu木13building / floor
街jiē行12street
路lù足13road