The easiest way to learn & memorize Chinese characters.

Learn through character detail pages, themed collections, flashcards, and our new AI feature that turns your study trail into guided Chinese character practice you cannot get from a generic chat box.

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Hand-drawing

All the characters are hand-drawings. It combines Chinese calligraphy and watercolor together to present the meaning of each character.

Award-winning

The creative typography won international design awards. Including the German Design Award, A Design Award, and the American Graphic Design Award.

Design thinking

It's art with design thinking. It breaks the traditional Chinese calligraphy forms and adds creative drawings to it harmoniously in order to show the meaning of each Chinese character.

Current learning flow

Find a character, study it in context, then review it with intention.

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Why it works

Learn through visuals, stories, and structure.

These three ideas define the method: associative drawings make meaning visible, cultural storytelling gives each character context, and radicals plus components make memorization more efficient.

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Associative drawings with meaning presented

The thing with learning Chinese is that it’s very visual. To people who don't know Chinese, Chinese characters always look like complicated drawings to them. We wanna use design thinking and drawings to make the 'character drawings' understandable to everyone to spread Chinese culture and the beauty of Chinese characters.

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Culture story-telling through the characters

There are stories and history on how Chinese characters were created. By presenting it visually through the characters and supporting with word explanations. You will understand the characters completely, which will help you to memorize and not to forget. Also, you will know more about Chinese cultures while learning about characters.

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Fun and efficient method to learn

Chinese characters are created with radicals and components. It is crucial to learn what radicals mean and how they bring different meanings to the same component.

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