HanziPath: Learn Chinese & HSK
Chinese Characters & Writing
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Tapping through multiple-choice won't teach you Chinese. Writing by hand will. 2,650 characters, 5,299 HSK words, 10,482 audio clips — all built in.
Whether you are starting from zero or can already recognise hundreds of characters, the breakthrough is the same: write them.
Recognition and recall are two different memories — and writing is the half that is easiest to skip. HanziPath starts you at pinyin and the very first stroke, so beginners are never lost: trace every hanzi in the classic 田字格 rice grid, lock new vocabulary into long-term memory with spaced repetition, and train your ear with listening drills. The complete HSK 1–6 syllabus, 2,650 characters, 5,299 words and 10,482 audio clips — completely offline, with no account and no ads.
● WRITE, LISTEN, RECOGNISE
Writing is where HanziPath starts — but Chinese is not one skill, so it trains all three:
• WRITE — 2,650 characters, authentic stroke order, finger tracing in the 田字格 grid
• LISTEN — 10,482 built-in audio clips: 1,927 characters, 5,299 words and 2,989 example sentences, ready instantly
• RECOGNISE — 5,299 HSK words, the full pinyin chart, 56 grammar points and a built-in dictionary
● WHY WRITING WORKS
Typing pinyin lets your brain take the day off. Writing by hand forces you to build every character, stroke by stroke — and that is what makes Chinese stick.
• Instant feedback on every stroke
• Undo a single stroke instead of restarting the whole character
• Deliberately forgiving recognition, so you are never blocked mid-character
● THE COMPLETE HSK 1–6 VOCABULARY
• 5,299 essential words: HSK 1 | HSK 2 | HSK 3 | HSK 4 | HSK 5 | HSK 6
• Pinyin, tone marks, meaning and a real example sentence for every single word
• Browse level by level, so you always know exactly what to learn next
• Bite-sized lessons of 10 words — a whole level never feels overwhelming
● NEVER FORGET A WORD AGAIN
A spaced repetition (SRS) engine schedules each review at the moment you are about to forget.
• 8 review intervals, from 4 hours up to 30 days
• Answer correctly and the interval grows; miss it and the word comes straight back
• Review mode drills only the words that are due today — nothing wasted, nothing lost
● TRAIN YOUR EAR
Reading is not listening. Dedicated audio practice turns textbook Chinese into Chinese you can actually follow.
• Every character, word and example sentence spoken aloud, with a dedicated Chinese voice so tones sound right
• Listening practice: hear a word, then pick the correct character
• Adjustable speech speed, from slow for beginners to natural pace
● QUIZZES THAT ADAPT TO YOU
• Character → meaning, meaning → character, audio → character
• Review mode built on your own SRS queue, so you revise exactly what you are about to forget
• Instant corrections with optional answer sounds you can switch off
● STAY MOTIVATED
• Three independent daily goals: new words, quizzes and reviews
• Streaks, XP, weekly charts and achievement cards
• A daily study reminder at the time you choose — 20:00 by default
● EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED
• Built-in dictionary — search any word and watch how it is written
• Dark mode, plus the choice of the built-in Chinese font or your device's own
• 29 interface languages: English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Français, Deutsch, Русский, Português, Tiếng Việt, ไทย, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Italiano, Nederlands, Türkçe, Polski, العربية, Svenska, Dansk, Norsk, Suomi, Čeština, Ελληνικά, Magyar, Română, Slovenčina, Українська
● 100% PRIVATE. 100% OFFLINE.
• No account, no sign-up, no e-mail required
• No ads, no tracking, no analytics
• Works on a plane, on the subway, in airplane mode
• Your progress stays on your device — there is nowhere else for it to go
● WHO IT IS FOR
• Complete beginners who want to read and write Chinese properly from day one
• HSK 1–6 candidates who have to write characters, not just recognise them
• Self-learners who keep forgetting words they thought they had learned
Start with a single stroke. Download HanziPath and write your first character in under a minute.
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● IN THIS UPDATE
NOW FREE TO DOWNLOAD
HanziPath is now free to download, with an optional one-time Pro purchase (no subscription). Existing users keep full access automatically. Also fixed: pronunciation was silent on iPhone when the mute switch was on.
● RECENT UPDATES
1.2.0 — Listening, fully upgraded: 10,482 audio clips, all built in.
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Information
- Seller
- ying lu
- Size
- 179.7 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 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+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- VIP - Permanent $5.99
- Copyright
- © NM.TEAM