Know Chinese vs Inkday

See a Chinese character in a short video, menu, class, or travel sign—and want to know what it means and how to write it? Know Chinese turns Mandarin vocabulary into a simple, swipeable learning experience. Explore useful Chinese characters and words selected around your level and goals, then open any item to study its pinyin, English meaning, pronunciation, examples, HSK level, radicals, stroke count, and correct stroke order. LEARN CHINESE YOUR WAY Choose why you are learning Mandarin—travel, work, study, HSK preparation, Chinese culture, or simple curiosity. Your personalized Chinese vocabulary feed gives you a focused place to start instead of an overwhelming dictionary list. UNDERSTAND EVERY CHARACTER • Search in English, pinyin, Chinese characters, or Chinese words • Use pinyin with tone marks, tone numbers, or no tones • Read clear English meanings and practical example sentences • Hear Mandarin pronunciation with your device's speech voice • See HSK level, radical, and stroke-count information • Browse characters by pinyin, radical, or number of strokes MASTER CHINESE STROKE ORDER Watch each Hanzi come together one stroke at a time. Replay the animation and adjust its speed when you need a closer look. Clear writing guides help beginners understand stroke direction, character structure, and the correct writing sequence. PRACTICE WRITING WITH FEEDBACK Write Chinese characters directly on the practice grid and receive feedback on stroke accuracy, shape and direction, position and alignment, and writing pace. Try again, move to the next character, or save your result to track your improvement. BUILT FOR REAL-LIFE MANDARIN Whether you are learning Chinese for beginners, reviewing HSK vocabulary, preparing for a trip to China, studying Chinese handwriting, following Chinese culture, or looking up a word you saw in a short video, Know Chinese helps you move from recognition to understanding—and from understanding to writing. YOUR CHINESE DICTIONARY, READY ANYWHERE Core dictionary and stroke-order data are stored on your device, so you can search, study, and practice without depending on an internet connection. Save favorite characters and words for quick review, and share useful entries with friends. Start with one word. Swipe to the next. Learn how Chinese characters work—and learn to write them with confidence.

Inkday helps you remember Chinese characters: you review cards a little every day until each word sticks. Your words come from what you read. Select a word in Safari or a book and tap Share. Inkday fills in the pinyin and keeps the sentence as a note on the card, so you remember where you met the word. FLASHCARDS The character is on the front. Pinyin, meaning and an example are on the back. Answer Again, Hard, Good or Easy, and Inkday decides when to show the card next: in a minute or in a few days. If you skip a session, your cards wait for you. WHAT TO LEARN TODAY The Today screen shows how many cards are due, how many days in a row you've studied, and what's coming up tomorrow. ALL 214 KANGXI RADICALS The radicals come ready in themed decks: People and the Body, Actions and Movement, Nature and the Elements. Start right away, no need to make your own cards. Once you know the radicals, new characters are easier to break down. DICTIONARY Search by character, pinyin or meaning. Turn any word into a card with one tap. WRITING ON IPAD You get the meaning and pinyin, and you write the character from memory with Apple Pencil. Inkday checks each stroke for position and order. Stuck? Tap Hint. COPYBOOKS ON IPAD Build a copybook from a single character or a whole sentence. First trace the model, then write over the outline, then from memory, in a 田字格 grid like a school exercise book. IPHONE AND IPAD Decks, progress and copybooks sync through iCloud. Save a word on your iPhone during your commute and practise writing it on your iPad in the evening.