Chinese Writing Practice Resources
Build stronger Chinese writing skills with tools for learning basic strokes, following correct stroke order, practicing characters and receiving feedback on your work. You can also download our free Stroke Order Rules guide and a variety of free writing practice sheets for additional practice.
Chinese Writing Resources
Stroke Order Resources
Arch Chinese provides stroke-order animations,handwriting recognition, printable worksheet generators, character structure information, basic stroke instruction, and support for simplified and traditional characters.
Free / Paid Web-Based
A simple interface allows you to input characters and instantly get stroke order animation. Unlike a dictionary, you don't have to sift through clutter when all you want is stroke order.
Free Web-Based
Hanzi Stroke provides animated stroke-order guides for more than 11,000 Chinese characters, along with interactive writing, dictation and vocabulary review. Learners can also create printable worksheets with stroke diagrams, pinyin and several practice-grid styles.
Free / Paid Web-Based
This free website provides you with animated stroke order to help you perfect your writing.
Free Web-Based
This comprehensive guide from Hacking Chinese explains the basic strokes and general rules used to write Chinese characters in the correct order. It also brings together animations, reference tools, official standards and printable materials for further study and practice.
Free Web-BasedWorksheet Generators
"Hanzi Grids lets you create custom Chinese character practice sheets and grid paper templates that you can download and print out for handwriting practice. Experiment with a variety of template layouts and sizes, and see changes displayed instantly in your browser. Generated templates can be empty or contain Traditional/Simplified characters of your choosing." - HanziGrids Registration is required for this free site.
Free Web-Based
Purple Culture offers customizable worksheet generators for practicing complete characters, individual strokes and characters with missing radicals or strokes. Learners can create printable exercises with simplified or traditional characters and adjust the grid style, pinyin, stroke-order guides, traceable characters, definitions and other layout options.
Free / Paid Web-BasedWriting Apps & Websites
The game like app makes mastering over 5,000 characters fun and easy. Tap, draw, and score points as characters fall from the screen—just don’t let them hit the bottom! Platforms: Andriod and iOS
Free / Paid App
Dong Chinese teaches characters in meaningful context through vocabulary, complete sentences, handwriting practice, and level-appropriate media. It explains the components and origins of common characters, provides stroke-order guidance, prioritizes useful characters using frequency data, and tracks learning progress. Its combination of character structure and contextual reading offers a more complete experience than isolated flashcard drills.
Paid Android App / Limited Free Content
Choose your vocabulary lists, and Skritter takes care of the rest—10,000+ characters and 400,000+ words. Study offline and sync automatically when you're back online. Plus, access hundreds of textbook lists. Perfect for serious learners, Skritter uses handwriting recognition to help you practice characters with correct stroke order. Learn pronunciation with audio and tone gestures, and swipe and tap to master writing, reading, and speaking—all with instant feedback. Simplified and traditional character support. Available Platforms: Web Edition, iOS and Android
Paid App & Web-BasedWriting Community
A beginner-friendly community dedicated to the improvement of everyday Chinese handwriting. 交流分享日常漢字書寫的經驗技巧。歡迎初學者！
Free Web-Based / App This Reddit community provides a platform to practice writing in Chinese every day and receive feedback from native speakers.
Free Web-Based / App