Hanzi Card - Learn Chinese

Chinese character study for complete beginners

Hanzi Card is a Chinese character learning app for people starting from nothing. Each character comes with an image that links its written shape to its meaning, so the shape is held in memory through a picture rather than learned stroke by stroke.

The listing's summary also names Mandarin, pinyin and HSK, but the description itself focuses on characters and how they are remembered and written.

Memory hints and lessons of five characters

Each character has its own visual hint. Characters are grouped into lessons of five, which keeps each session short.

Characters share components, so learning one can open up others that use the same part. The listing's example is 人 (person), which leads on to 见 and 大.

Reviewing characters with cards, quizzes and matching games

Three review modes sit alongside the lessons: flashcards, multiple choice quizzes and matching games. Each one tests recall in a different way, so the same characters can be checked by recognising them, choosing their meaning or pairing them up.

Handwriting practice and building words and sentences

A handwriting mode lets you write characters by hand, with stroke order guidance on screen. The listing presents this as practice in writing characters, not only recognising them.

Once you know enough characters, the app is meant to let you combine them into real Chinese words and sentences, going beyond single characters.