Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to WEN-Chinese Writing for HSK
Beautiful, minimalist Chinese writing for iOS & Android
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Laoshi▲239Learn new words with flashcards to master Chinese faster
2021 · laoshi.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! In trying to improve my Chinese skills, I built this tool that lets me write a mix of Chinese and English, then recommends a proper Chinese expression. This is super helpful when I want to write something in Chinese but I don't know all the vocab/grammar - I can enter my best effort and use English for the parts I don't know. Really, the fundamental benefit of the tool is that it encourages me to exercise the writing muscle, rather than defaulting to translating from English. My goal was to build something that is fast, relatively inexpensive, and not prone to misleading people.…
2024 · unscrambler.dpw.me · its alternatives →
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2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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元石科技官网 - 问小白 - 全能AI：搜得准 聊得嗨 读得懂，支持DeepSeek R1/V3/V3.1等最新大模型，支持 AI 图片生成，AI 图片编辑，AI 联网搜索。
2013 · yosee.com · its alternatives →
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Master Chinese reading through AIpowered interactive drawing
Dec 2025 · sketchhanyu.aigility.digital · its alternatives →
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I'm a long time lurker that recently quit my job to work on my own projects, a lot due to the inspiration from Hacker News. Now I have published my first serious project, an app for learning how to write Japanese characters. It's the app I always wanted but couldn't find when I was studying. It tries to be simple to use, you just start the quiz and go with the flow. There's no need to plan and manage your studies, and it uses spaced repetition for better retention. There's a promo page with more details up at http://www.kanjibyhand.com. It's only for Android so far. The free version includes…
2012 · kanjibyhand.com. · its alternatives →
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Hanzi Dictionary & Strokes ,for hsk learners
Dec 2025 · accounts.google.com · its alternatives →
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Master Chinese HSK vocabulary with smart flashcards
Aug 2026 · hanzimemo.app · its alternatives →
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Chinese vocab, drilled into long-term memory. Free, offline.
May 2026 · wordbrushchinese.com · its alternatives →
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Speak Chinese but can't read? Learn Chinese reading FREE
Mar 2026 · readchinesehsk.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I’m Alex, and one of my favorite ways to learn languages is by reading novels. Currently I’m reading 三体 (3 body problem), but one problem I've always had is it takes ages to look up words, and add them to Anki flashcards so I can remember them. 三体 is especially brutal with so much sci-fi vocab. That’s why I built Readly. I snap a pic of the page I’m reading, it loads the text in-app and lets me lookup words, add to Anki-style flashcards, or ask AI questions about the text, all in a single tap. It's a huge time saver. My specific learning strategy, if anyone wants to replicate it: 1.…
2025 · readly.ink · its alternatives →
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Unlock Mandarin with Shengci: Daily HSK Vocabulary Mastery!
Aug 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I've recently launched a startup called Native Tongue. Our vision is to make language learning fun, fast and effective. We've released our first product "Mandarin Madness", which is to learn Mandarin Chinese vocabulary. Its available on android and iOS. Its for beginners to intermediate, including those with no experience. Please go here for more information and to download the app: http://mandarinmadness.com/ Our company website is http://nativetongue.com/ We would love to get some feedback on our mobile apps. We would also like to speak to people interested in language learning and…
2012 · mandarinmadness.com · its alternatives →
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I've built mandoBot, a web app that segments and translates Mandarin Chinese text. This is a Django API (using Django-Ninja and PostgreSQL) and a NextJS front-end (with Typescript and Chakra). For a sample of what this app does, head to https://mandobot.netlify.app/?share_id=e8PZ8KFE5Y. This is my presentation of the first chapter of a classic story from the Republican era of Chinese fiction, Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun. Other chapters are located in the "Reading Room" section of the app. This app exists because reading Mandarin is very hard for learners (like me), since…
2025 · mandobot.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Your Chinese character dictation companion
Aug 2026 · tingxie.ink · its alternatives →
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I spent ten years trying to write a novel. Every time I sat down, I'd write a sentence, decide it wasn't good enough, and rewrite it. The problem wasn't discipline — it was that I could always see what I'd written and go back to change it. I tried other approaches. Apps that delete your words when you stop typing — they fight fear with fear. That just made me panic. I wanted the opposite: not punishment, but permission. "Tomoshibi" is Japanese for a small light in the dark — just enough to see what's in front of you. You write on a dark screen. Older lines fade, but not when you hit return.…
Feb 2026 · tomoshibi.in-hakumei.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m building Hanzi Stroke (https://www.hanzistroke.com) to solve a very specific problem: learning to write Chinese characters is unintuitive for non-native learners. Most learners rely on rote memorization, which is inefficient and often leads to incorrect stroke habits. While there are dictionary apps that show static stroke order diagrams, they lack interactivity. The key to muscle memory is deliberate practice with immediate feedback. So, I made a single-page application that provides: Dynamic stroke order animations for over 9,000 characters. Interactive canvas practice…
Nov 2025 · hanzistroke.com · its alternatives →
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