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.
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. Registration is required to use the site.
Free / Paid Web-Based
Mandarin Minutes offers a free, customizable Chinese worksheet generator that goes beyond basic character tracing. Create practice sheets with optional pinyin, stroke order, radicals, character-by-character translations, and full-text translations, making it especially useful for practicing Chinese in context rather than one character at a time. You can customize the writing grids and colors, preview your worksheet before printing, and use provided HSK vocabulary lists for targeted practice.
Free Web-Based
✓ Adds Zhuyin. The New Taipei City Education Department’s Chinese Character Practice Sheet Generator lets you create printable worksheets for practicing Chinese characters. Enter the characters you want to study, adjust the worksheet options, and generate practice sheets for printing. The site has a Chinese-language interface, so it may be difficult for complete beginners to navigate, but its inclusion of Zhuyin (Bopomofo) makes it especially useful for learners studying Traditional Chinese.
Free
Purple Culture offers several free online worksheet generators for practicing Chinese handwriting. You can create customizable Chinese practice sheets, generate stroke-order writing worksheets or use the Chinese strokes worksheet generator for focused stroke practice. The tools let you create printable materials tailored to the characters you want to study.
Free / Paid Web-BasedWriting Apps & Websites
Chinese Writer by trainchinese turns character writing into a timed game: characters fall down the screen, and you must write them correctly before they reach the bottom. It provides stroke-order guidance, pronunciation, meanings, HSK-based character packs, and extra review of characters you miss. Available on 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
Hanzi Kit: Chinese Writing is a free-to-download app for practicing Chinese handwriting and stroke order, with optional paid premium features. Learners can trace and write characters with animated stroke guidance, practice HSK 3.0, YCT and TOCFL vocabulary, look up characters in the Chinese-English dictionary, extract characters from text or documents, and create customizable PDF writing worksheets with pinyin, Zhuyin and different grid styles. It supports both Simplified and Traditional Chinese and can also be used offline for writing practice. Available on Android and iOS.
Free / Paid
Choose what you want to learn, and Skritter handles the review schedule for you. Its extensive database includes 10,000+ Chinese characters and 400,000+ words, along with hundreds of ready-made textbook vocabulary lists. The app’s standout feature is handwriting practice: write characters directly on the screen and receive instant feedback on stroke order and accuracy. You can also practice pronunciation, tones, meanings, and readings, with support for both simplified and traditional Chinese. Lessons can be studied offline and synced when you reconnect. Skritter includes some free content, while full access requires a subscription. Available for iOS and Android.
Paid AppWriting 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