Practical Chinese: Hanzi & HSK

Learn to read and write Chinese characters one stroke at a time, with short daily practice that fits into your day.

Practical Chinese covers the 1,071 characters of HSK 1–4 in 109 lessons of 10, ordered from the most frequent characters to the less common ones.

LEARN EACH CHARACTER
• Pinyin with tone colors, meaning and pronunciation (text-to-speech)
• Animated stroke order
• Character parts, a memory story and example words (2,200+ words)

WRITE IT YOURSELF
• Draw every stroke over the outline; a wrong stroke shakes the grid
• After 3 misses on a stroke, a hint animates it for you
• Get 1–3 stars, an accuracy score and your mistakes per stroke

REMEMBER IT
• Spaced-repetition flashcards (SM-2) show each character just before you would forget it
• Knowledge tests with 4-choice questions: character → meaning or pinyin, and back
• High score saved per lesson

STAY ON TRACK
• A study plan from your level and daily minutes, with an estimate of the days to each HSK level
• XP, levels, a daily XP goal and a day streak
• Progress: characters learned, average accuracy, streak and your 5 weakest characters

PREMIUM (ONE-TIME PURCHASE)
About 80% of the app is free. A one-time Premium unlock adds free writing from memory with on-device handwriting recognition, big mixed knowledge tests and progress charts (14-day activity and a mastery view of every character).

PRIVATE AND OFFLINE
• No account and no ads
• Your profile and progress stay on your device
• Works offline; only free writing downloads Google's handwriting model once (about 20 MB)
• Interface in English, Spanish, Russian, German, French, Turkish and Azerbaijani