# CHAC: Learn Chinese Characters — Hanzi, Pinyin & Stroke Order

> Hanzi, Pinyin & Stroke Order (iPhone/iPad app by Pim Voogt.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chac-learn-chinese-characters/id6797415535 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Pim Voogt](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896529060)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 164 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-19
- Data updated: 2026-10-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chac-learn-chinese-characters/id6797415535/reviews.md

## What is CHAC?

Learn Chinese characters through a training hall built for complete beginners.

CHAC teaches 327 Chinese characters in small guided lessons for complete beginners. The course includes all 246 current HSK 1 recognition characters, plus selected HSK 2 and retained 2021 curriculum cards. Meet each character in a first-read pass, connect its shape to an original visual memory cue, hear its pronunciation, and practise its English meaning before moving on.

UNDERSTAND HOW CHARACTERS WORK

- See modern character breakdowns in clear beginner language
- Learn which component provides meaning and which provides sound
- Explore original memory cues grounded in documented character history
- Hear pinyin pronunciation through your phone's offline voice

BUILD RECALL STEP BY STEP

- Watch animated stroke order and trace every character on screen
- Review each character with spaced repetition
- Move through twelve themed chambers with forging exercises and trials
- Use Pattern Scrolls and Sentence Forge to practise useful sentence tools
- Finish with the Jade Hall final exam drawn from everything you have learned

WORKS OFFLINE, ACCOUNT OPTIONAL

Learning works without an account and your progress stays on your device by default. Optional Google or Apple sign-in lets you carry progress to another device. You can delete your account and synced progress inside the app.

CHAC is free and supported by ads.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CHAC Ad-Free Monthly | $0.99 | per month |
| CHAC Ad-Free Yearly | $8.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CHAC Ad-Free Lifetime | $17.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.44 — 2026-09-29

Sentence Tools examples now have a speaker button, and so does a sentence you forge correctly. The forge stays quiet until the sentence checks out.
During Memory drill, or while you are still working through a lesson, swipe the character scroll to look back at answers you already gave. Green marks remembered, orange marks forgot, and a ring marks the step you are viewing.
The Sentence Tools list on Home has a Close handle.
Opened scrolls move to the centre of the screen, and opening a chamber no longer crops the rollers on the lesson scrolls inside it.
If a full-screen ad fails to open, you can continue instead of waiting.

### 1.2.43 — 2026-09-26

Scrolls, Learn cards and other panels now centre their headings and text.
Form family is now a row of glyph tiles with the form you tapped marked, and piece popups no longer add a sentence about where the piece sits.
Review says "characters" instead of "forms", and tapping a scroll's title opens or closes its list. When more than 15 cards are due, a new scroll lists the ones left for your next drill.
Sentence tools shows the ad banner at the bottom in the free version.

### 1.2.42 — 2026-09-24

Tapping a piece now says where it sits, such as "丷 sits at the top of 关".
A component has the same name in its popup and scroll.
Form family lists start with the form you tapped, name the first character that writes each other form, and match the breakdown row's size.
Pattern Scrolls have one divider before Compare, and the Compare popup opens above its cell.
Sentence tools has a Home seal button; Sentence Forge now shows the ad banner.

### 1.2.41 — 2026-09-24

Improved:
- Ad banners now hide while the "update available" prompt is on screen instead of covering it.
- Character breakdown scrolls show one Form family section instead of two overlapping ones.
- Component tiles are more accurate for many more characters, including 京, 亮, 相, 只, 喜 and over a dozen others with stacked or side forms.

### 1.2.40 — 2026-09-21

Ads on component scrolls and Sentence Tool guides now sit at the bottom of the screen instead of covering the text and the "Try this pattern in Sentence Forge" button.
Forge and Trial leave room for the ad at the bottom, so it no longer covers the end of the prompt on short phones.
The Remove ads card is the same compact size on every screen.

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All apps by Pim Voogt: https://appshunter.io/developer/1896529060

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