一字一世界

yī zì yī shìjiè · one word, one world

Learn Chinese one word at a time — every HSK 1 & 2 word, plus 200 essentials of modern life in China. Read the story, or play the game.

500 words 31 chapters audio + pinyin
the reader

读书

dú shū · read the story

Follow 李小美, her enormous cat 包子, and friend 大卫 through daily life in Beijing — a graded story that introduces exactly one new word at a time. Tap any word for pinyin, meaning, and audio.

Start reading
the game

一字一格

yī zì yī gé · the tile game

A honeycomb of all 500 characters. Pick a tile you recognize, reveal it, and be honest — clear a green path outward from the easy center toward the harder rim. How long a streak can you build?

Play the game