HanziLens: Chinese Lookup
Draw to search. Hear & learn.
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Know what a Chinese character looks like, but not how to say it? Draw to search, hear its pronunciation, explore its meaning and save it for practice.
Seen a Chinese character you cannot pronounce? Draw it. HanziLens helps you find the character, hear how it sounds and understand what it means, so an unfamiliar shape becomes something you can learn.
FIND IT YOUR WAY
Search by Chinese character, pinyin or English meaning. Use handwriting lookup when you do not know the pronunciation, or narrow your search with radical and stroke-count filters.
GO BEYOND THE LOOKUP
See animated stroke order, hear Chinese pronunciation and try guided writing practice. Save useful characters and return to them for review.
YOUR EVERYDAY HANZI COMPANION
• Character, pinyin and English-meaning search
• Draw-to-search handwriting lookup
• Radical and stroke-count filters
• Animated stroke order
• Chinese pronunciation with selectable system voices
• Guided writing practice
• Saved characters and review lists
• Chinese and English interface on iPhone and iPad
Use it beside your textbook, during HSK character study or whenever a familiar-looking character escapes you. Look it up, practise it and keep learning.
Free to download. Includes advertising, with privacy and advertising consent controls where required. An optional one-time purchase permanently removes all ads. This is not a subscription.
Independent learning tools by JS Insights. Support: https://jsinsights.co.uk/contact/
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Information
- Seller
- JS INSIGHTS LTD
- Size
- 115.6 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Remove Ads Forever $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 JS INSIGHTS LTD