DeepChinese

Etherdrake Solutions

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About this app

DeepChinese turns 3,188 Chinese characters into little stories you can actually remember. Every character is built from simple components with a short, often funny mnemonic — who could forget that a king is just one person above two lines — in an order designed so each new character is assembled from pieces you already know.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• 3,188 characters, each with pinyin, meaning, a memorable story, and a full component breakdown • An ordered curriculum: visually simple characters first, then complex ones built out of them
• Animated stroke order for every character, plus hands-on writing practice • Component references — tap any part to flip to its story, swipe right to come back, just like the book
• Search that understands you: type "xian" to find xián, "nv" to find nǚ. English meanings work too. No tone marks, no special keyboard
• Flashcards with spaced repetition, direction options, shuffle, and your own custom lists
• HSK word decks: 11,000+ words across the new HSK 1–9 standard and the old HSK 1–6 lists, with pinyin and meanings
• Character Deep Drill — three rounds per character: meaning, pinyin, and typing • Grammar: HSK 1–3 points with example sentences • Favorites, gentle daily reminders, and 17 themes including a warm bookish dark mode

STUDY ANYWHERE

Everything lives on your device — no account, no sign-up, and it works fully offline. Your progress is yours on planes, trains and dead zones.

FREE VS PRO

The first 500 characters are free forever. DeepChinese Pro unlocks all 3,188 characters: €3.99 per month, €29.99 per year, or €99.99 once. No ads in either tier.

The app interface is available in English, 中文, Nederlands and हिन्दी.

Whether you're starting HSK 1 or rebuilding rusty heritage reading, start with the story — and the character will stick.

What’s new

DeepChinese turns 3,188 characters into stories you remember — pinyin, meaning, a mnemonic. Stroke order, writing, flashcards, audio, 11,000+ HSK words, Deep Drill, 8 HSK exercises, grammar HSK 1-3, a streak, a leaderboard, 262 Chinese company names, 17 themes, 700 stories, and a 121,431-word bank: tap a word for its meaning. Ten decks: English, Chinese, Dutch, Hindi, Korean, Urdu, Spanish, German, Russian, French. Account optional. HSK 1 free; above, Pro.