Printable character chart

58 characters on one sheet, in stroke count order, each with its pinyin, its meaning and how many strokes it takes. Good on a wall, in a notebook or beside a keyboard.

Writing sheets as well

Chinese characters for beginners

yī~~one~~1

èr~~two~~2

rén~~person~~2

shí~~ten~~2

dà~~big~~3

kǒu~~mouth~~3

nǚ~~woman~~3

sān~~three~~3

shān~~mountain~~3

shàng~~up, on~~3

xià~~down, below~~3

xiǎo~~small~~3

zǐ~~child~~3

bù~~not~~4

huǒ~~fire~~4

mù~~tree, wood~~4

rì~~sun, day~~4

shǎo~~few, little~~4

shuǐ~~water~~4

tiān~~sky, day~~4

yuè~~moon, month~~4

zhōng~~middle~~4

men~~plural for people~~5

qù~~to go~~5

shēng~~life, to be born~~5

tāhe5

chī~~to eat~~6

duō~~many, much~~6

hǎo~~good~~6

huì~~can, will~~6

nà~~that~~6

nián~~year~~6

xiū~~rest~~6

yǒu~~to have~~6

zài~~at, to be somewhere~~6

lái~~to come~~7

nǐ~~you~~7

shí~~time~~7

wǒ~~I, me~~7

zhè~~this~~7

guó~~country~~8

lín~~woods~~8

míng~~bright~~8

péng~~friend~~8

xué~~to study~~8

chá~~tea~~9

hěn~~very~~9

kàn~~to look, to watch~~9

shì~~to be~~9

shuō~~to speak~~9

yào~~to want~~9

jiā~~home, family~~10

néng~~to be able~~10

qián~~money~~10

qǐng~~please, to invite~~10

hē~~to drink~~12

xiè~~to thank~~12

xiǎng~~to think, to want~~13

Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License. Chart from learnchineseonlinehub.com.

Free to print and photocopy for classroom and personal use, on one condition: this line stays on the page. From learnchineseonlinehub.com.

What the numbers mean

The small number in each cell is the stroke count. It is worth knowing because paper dictionaries and some apps are ordered by it, and because a character you can count is a character you have actually looked at rather than glanced past.

Every character, with stroke order