Chinese writing
worksheets.
Beginner theme packs
Finished worksheets for the sets everyone learns first — ideal for a first-time learner, a family, or a classroom handout.
HSK writing worksheets
Straight from the official HSK vocabulary lists, so what you write is what the exam expects you to know.
Practising something else?
Paste any Chinese text — a vocabulary list, a sentence, a page from a graded reader — and the generator turns the characters in it into a sheet. You pick the grid, the number of tracing guides, and whether to print pinyin and meanings.
What is on every sheet
Stroke order, stroke by stroke
Each character is drawn out one stroke at a time along the top of its row, with the newest stroke in red — the same progression a Chinese textbook prints.
Grey guides to trace
The row opens with the finished character in full ink, then a few grey copies to trace over, then empty boxes. Copying first, writing from memory second.
米字格 practice squares
Dashed centre lines and diagonals show where each stroke belongs inside the square, which is what keeps handwritten characters in proportion.
Questions about printing Chinese worksheets
- Are these Chinese worksheets really free?
- Yes — every worksheet on this page is free to print and use, with no sign-up and no watermark. Print one for yourself, or a class set for your students.
- How do I download a worksheet as a PDF?
- Open a worksheet and press Print. In the print dialog choose “Save as PDF” as the destination — every modern browser can do this, on Windows, Mac, iPad and Android. The sheet is laid out for A4 and prints correctly on US Letter too.
- What is the 米字格 grid used for?
- 米字格 (mǐzìgé) is the practice square used in Chinese schools: a box with dashed centre lines and diagonals that show you where each stroke sits relative to the middle of the character. It is the fastest way to get proportions right while your hand is still learning the shapes. 田字格 (tiánzìgé) is the simpler version with only the cross, usually the next step up.
- Is the stroke order on these worksheets correct?
- The stroke order comes from the same open character data used by textbooks and stroke-order dictionaries, and each sheet shows the character built up one stroke at a time, with the newest stroke marked in red. Writing in the correct order matters: it keeps your characters legible at speed and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input expect you to write.
- Can I make a worksheet from my own characters?
- Yes. The worksheet generator takes any Chinese text you paste in — a vocabulary list, a sentence, a chapter from a book — pulls out the characters, and builds a sheet from them. You choose how many boxes per row, how many grey tracing guides, and whether to show pinyin, meanings and stroke order.
- Which characters should a beginner practise first?
- Start with the numbers and the simple pictographs — 一 二 三 人 大 山 日 月 水. They have few strokes, they appear constantly, and several of them turn up later as components inside more complex characters, so the practice compounds. The “First 20 characters” pack on this page is exactly that set.