Zi vs Hanmo

Zi helps English-speaking learners build a simple daily Mandarin Chinese habit. Learn useful Hanzi a few words at a time, with pinyin, clear English meanings, pronunciation, topic-based learning, and quick review. What you can do with Zi: • Learn a small daily set of Mandarin words • See Hanzi, pinyin, and English meaning together • Hear pronunciation using your device’s built-in voice • Choose topics that match your interests • Review today’s words, saved words, and words you missed • Save words for later • Set gentle daily reminders • Track daily progress and build a streak Zi is designed to feel quiet, focused, and lightweight. There is no account, no ads, no tracking, and no subscription in this version.

Hanmo (汉墨) puts Chinese vocabulary where you already look: your lock screen. Add the widget and a rotating word from today's plan — character, pinyin, meaning — appears every hour. Tap it and you land on that exact word, ready to review. ONE SIMPLE LOOP • A daily plan of new words and due reviews (you choose the pace: 5–20 a day) • Flip-card review: see the character, recall it, then reveal • Don't know a word? It comes back in the same session until you do • Know a word three times over the days? It earns its red seal — mastered MADE FOR CONSISTENCY • Words rotate hourly in a window you choose (e.g. 08:00–22:00) • A gentle daily reminder at the time you pick — optional • Streaks that survive a busy day HONEST BY DESIGN • 100% offline — works in airplane mode from first launch • No account, no analytics, no tracking, no paywall • Simplified and Traditional scripts, with pinyin (and zhuyin for Traditional) • On-device audio for every word and example sentence Dictionary data from CC-CEDICT, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.