Find characters by stroke count
Choose the number of pen movements you counted, then compare pinyin and meanings to identify the character.
4-stroke characters
Common entries appear first. Open any character for animation, structure, vocabulary, and writing practice.
hall, central room
to look upward
forearm, upper arm; round
spear; the name of a tribe
reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
friend
9th heavenly stem
man, husband; worker; those
decisive, certain; parted; fork
very, too much; big; extreme
sky; day
young, energetic; to die young
opening, hole, orifice; great
few, little; less; inadequate
ruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft.
weak, lame
to govern, to oversee; director
especially, particularly
village, hamlet; camp; station
to desire, to wish for
to revolve, to turn, to make a circuit
large, huge, gigantic; chief
currency, coins, legal tender
to rotate, to revolve, to make a circuit
fantasy, illusion, mirage; imaginary
twenty, twentieth
to suspend, to hang; to pity, to condole
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
to pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
heart; mind
to remember, to reflect upon; memory
spear, lance, halberd
door; family
door; family
hand
to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop
to rap, to tap
to rap, to tap; script; to let go
to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
to struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
writing; culture; language
square, rectangle; side; region; flag
a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd
to choke on something
sun; day
no, not; lacking, -less
to speak; to say
moon; month
wood; tree
to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn
corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
tool, weapon
to compare, liken; comparison; than
old form of 貫
hair, fur, feathers; coarse
not; do not; surname
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
clan, family; maiden name
water
fire
fire
father, dad
half of a tree trunk
diagrams for divination
claws, nails, talons
claws, nails, talons
ox, cow, bull
slice, splinter; page, strip
tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated