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Characters & writing

See how a character is built, then put it on paper.

Radicals & components

Browse the local character collection by radical and structural component.

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Character structure tree

Explore an IDS structure tree, sound and meaning components, and related characters.

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Character families

Follow a shared component or phonetic element through a family of characters.

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Chinese classroom games

Make word searches, bingo, matching, quizzes and printable learning games from your words.

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Character posters

Make a character poster with your own image, pinyin and an editable explanation.

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Chinese handwriting lookup

Draw a character and compare it with local stroke templates to find candidates.

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Tian zi ge, mi zi ge and blank Chinese writing paper

Choose a writing grid by the kind of support you need, then print a short practice sheet.

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Learning Chinese characters through components and words

Compare written structure and recurring sound clues while learning characters in useful words.

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Preparing a Chinese lesson from one word list

Reuse a small vocabulary set for reading, handwriting and a printable class activity.

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Chinese character stroke order

Explore stroke order, common words, character shape and font differences.

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Chinese worksheet generator

Make printable sheets with pinyin, meanings, stroke steps and tracing cells.

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Printable word cards

Make bilingual cards from your own words and print them double-sided or cut out.

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Chinese writing paper

Choose square, field or rice grids, paper size and tracing density.

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Similar characters

Compare commonly confused characters and practise spotting the difference.

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