Learn Chinese the way it's written — one stroke at a time.
Hanzi Ben turns character practice into something you actually do with your hand. Trace, recall and review the characters that matter, in the order that builds real fluency fastest.
本 běn — “root, origin, book”
Why handwriting
Reading recognises. Writing remembers.
Recognising a character and being able to produce it are different skills. Hanzi Ben trains the one most apps skip — and the one that makes everything else stick.
Trace, don't tap
Draw each character on a real practice grid with live stroke-order feedback, then write it again from memory.
Start with radicals
Learn the 100 building-block components first, so new characters feel like combinations you already know.
Pick your path
Follow HSK, a school curriculum, the 1,200 most-used characters, or your own custom list — switch any time.
Curricula
One home screen. Five ways in.
The same chips you'll tap inside the app. Choose a track, drill into books and chapters, and begin.
How it works
From cold start to first character in under a minute.
Choose a track
Tap a curriculum chip, then pick the books and chapters you want to work through.
Write it out
Trace the character on the grid, follow the stroke order, then reproduce it from memory.
Keep the streak
Daily progress, learned markers and a forgiving streak keep momentum without the pressure.
Your data
Everything stays on your device.
Hanzi Ben has no server and no account system. Your curriculum, deck order, progress, streak and custom lists live only in your browser's local storage — and that's it.