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Life & fun · March 5, 2021

Chinese Writer

Learn Chinese writing, arcade-game style

Chinese Writer launched on March 5, 2021 with 35 votes, #1,334 of 3,696 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

What it does

Chinese characters fall from the top of the screen—write them to score! Included character packs introduce the most frequently used and simplest characters first, or you can follow standard study courses like HSK. Made for iOS and Android with Flutter (❤️).

Download Chinese Writer by trainchinese by trainchinese B.V. on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Chinese…

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS. The free version is good. It comes with close to one thousand characters. I bought the paid version because it's fun, good practice, and you can make your own character packs to study what you've learned elsewhere. After a couple hours, I feel comfortable handwriting characters, and they no longer seem random.1 month edit: solo characters aren't always easy to define because a lot of characters are used in combination. If this app could address that, it would be much more useful The free version is good. It comes with close to one thousand characters. I bought the paid version because it's fun, good practice, and you can…from apps.apple.com

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