# Hanbi: Write & Learn Chinese — Hanzi, stroke order, HSK test

> Hanzi, stroke order, HSK test (iPhone/iPad app by 云挺 周.)

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- Developer: [云挺 周](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896627664)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 46 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-10-30
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is Hanbi?

Hanbi is a handwriting app for learning to write Chinese characters on iPhone and iPad. Write each character in a practice grid with your finger or Apple Pencil. With Hints, Hanbi checks each stroke as you draw it and shows where the next one starts when you're stuck. In Test Mode, you write the full character with no hints, at your own pace, and Hanbi checks it when you finish. After a correct character, Structure Hints lay your writing over the standard one and say where it's off. It works on iPhone Duo, on both the outer and inner displays.

THE CHARACTERS YOU NEED TO WRITE
HSK 3.0 asks you to write 1,200 characters. Hanbi practices those level by level, and each character comes back for review when it's due. Already know some? Write them from memory, and the ones you get right count as learned. Not sure where to start? Write three characters and Hanbi suggests a level.

SHORT LESSONS
• Lessons by topic: family, numbers, food… Write the words, fill in sentences, and finish each lesson with a short dialogue.
• Choose the right character among easily confused ones.
• Weak Spots: characters you wrote wrong, mixed up or missed in Dictation, kept on one page until you clear them.
• How to remember: a short way to remember a character, built from its parts. Or write your own.

PRACTICE LIKE THE PAPER EXAM
• Test Mode: no hints, just like the exam. Hanbi checks the whole character when you finish and marks strokes written in a different order.
• A Writing Test for each level: 10 questions, no hints, marked from your strokes. Tap a mark to change it.
• Dictation: Hanbi reads each word aloud and you write it. The characters and pinyin stay hidden until you submit. It can read whole sentences too, and you write them one character per box.
• Timed Writing: write a set of characters with a suggested time for your level. It isn't scored.
• Print practice sheets with 田 or 米 grids and trace boxes, and write on real paper.
• My Handwriting: print your own characters next to the standard ones, on one page.

IN YOUR LANGUAGE
• Meanings and example words in English, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean and Japanese.
• Search by character, pinyin or meaning, or write the character to find it. Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese learners can also search by Hán Việt, hanja or on/kun reading.

YOUR OWN LISTS
• Paste Chinese text or take a photo of your textbook (up to 5 photos), and Hanbi picks out the characters for a new list. Photos are read on your device and not kept.

SEE YOUR PROGRESS
• The Progress page shows what you've learned, the days you practiced and the reviews coming up.
• Widgets show today's review time, the Character of the Day or the days until your exam.
• iCloud Sync keeps your progress, lists and settings the same on your iPhone and iPad, with no Hanbi account. You can also back up to a file.

PAY ONCE
HSK 1 (246 characters) is free, and so are the first two lessons of every level from HSK 2 to HSK 9. You can look through the 6,500 characters for free. One purchase, Full Access, lets you write every lesson in every level, with no subscription. Full Access also lets you write 3,000+ common characters outside HSK.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no ads, and it works offline. Your progress and your writing stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. Anonymous usage statistics can be turned off in Settings.

Hanbi is an independent app. Character lists follow the HSK 3.0 levels; Hanbi is not affiliated with the HSK exam or its organizers.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Access | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Hanbi safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Hanbi.

## Is Hanbi legit?

Hanbi: Write & Learn Chinese has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hanbi is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-11-11

• Three tabs: Today, Learn and Look Up. Lessons, Common Radicals, Dictation and the Writing Test are in Learn. Search and My Lists are in Look Up.
• New Copybook theme, in Settings: ink on paper, with brush-style characters. The look you know stays there as Classic.
• In HSK 2–9, the first two lessons of every level are now open to write.
• A daily reminder, if you want one. Turn it on in Settings.
• Save a session as a copybook page in your own handwriting.
• Today and the session summary now count the characters you wrote on your own.
• Today shows one next step, with one button.
• Two ways to write: With Hints, or Test Mode, with no hints and a check when you finish. If you used to write without hints, you'll find that in Test Mode.
• One help button while you write: Show Character.
• Skip Tracing if you like. Miss a traced stroke 3 times and Hanbi finishes it for you.
• Each lesson has its own Dictation and Print buttons.
• New List: type or paste, take a photo of your book, or open a teacher's link.
• The "This week" card and the line about yesterday now always agree, and a few buttons on iPad now respond to every tap.

### 1.3 — 2026-11-05

• Share a list: open it in My Lists and tap Share List to send a link or show a QR code. Whoever opens it can add it to their own lists.
• Common Radicals, on the HSK 1 page right under Basic Strokes: 50 radicals. Watch, trace and write each one, then write two example characters.
• Tap the radical on a character's page to see what it means and other characters that use it.
• New Practice Sheet: Common Radicals.
• Everything new works on iPhone Duo, on both the outer and inner displays.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-11-04

• Have a code? Use Redeem Code in Settings, under Restore Purchase.
• Weak Spots now goes by one name everywhere, including the Practice Sheet title and the tag on a character's page.
• Small layout touches.

### 1.2 — 2026-11-03

• Start writing right away: pick a level and your first character is waiting. Not sure which level? Write three characters and Hanbi suggests one.
• Today shows one next step: review, new characters, Weak Spots or Dictation, plus a line on how yesterday went.
• Weak Spots: characters you wrote wrong, mixed up or missed in Dictation, together on one page. Write one right all three times on two different days to clear it.
• How to remember: a character's page now has a short way to remember it, built from its parts. You can write your own.
• Write to search: can't type a character? Write it on the Characters tab and pick it from the results.
• Write the Whole Sentence: hear a lesson sentence or see its pinyin, then write it one character per box. Dictation can use whole sentences too.
• Timed Writing: write a set of characters with a suggested time for your level. It isn't scored.
• Structure Hints: after a correct character, Hanbi lays your writing over the standard one and says where it's off, such as a stroke that's too long. You can turn them off in Settings.
• iPad and Apple Pencil: pressure changes stroke width, you can write with Apple Pencil only so your palm won't draw, and in landscape the model character sits beside a large grid.
• My Handwriting: a one-page PDF of your characters next to the standard ones, from one day, the last 7 days or a list.
• iCloud Sync: your progress, lists and settings stay the same on your iPhone and iPad, in your own iCloud. No Hanbi account needed.
• Everything new works on iPhone Duo, on both the outer and inner displays.

### 1.1 — 2026-11-01

• Better on iPhone Duo: on the outer display, the grid stays in place between steps and no longer covers the pinyin. On the inner display, close buttons sit clear of the top edge.
• Make your own practice sheets. Start from a Blank Sheet, type or choose characters, set the rows and trace boxes, and save your setup as a template.
• Basic Strokes: a short lesson on 26 strokes, from the 6 basic strokes to turns and hooks. Skip any group you already know. There's a Basic Strokes sheet to print, too.
• Shortcuts and Siri: "Start Today's Session" and "Look Up a Character".
• Levels are now called HSK 1 to HSK 7–9.

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