Chinese Printables Formerly Mandarin Poster
中文习字 Chinese Printables · Est. as Mandarin Poster

笔尖上的记忆 Memory at the tip of a pen

Learn characters the way they were meant to be learned. On paper.

Free, beautifully gridded Chinese practice paper: rice grid, field grid, empty grid and essay paper. Plus self-print study packs for serious learners. Download, print, write.

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Free practice paper

Every sheet, free forever. Print as many as you need, with no sign-up and no watermark. Each comes as an A4 and US Letter PDF, plus PNG.

Rice Grid 米字格
mǐ zì gé

Chinese character practice paper containing a grid that resembles the character for rice, 米. The diagonals give you reference points for stroke placement, making it the classic choice for beginners.
A4 PDF ↓US PDF ↓A4 PNG ↓US PNG ↓
Field Grid 田字格
tián zì gé

Chinese character practice paper containing a grid that resembles the character for field, 田. Quartered squares keep your proportions honest, making it the everyday workhorse.
A4 PDF ↓US PDF ↓A4 PNG ↓US PNG ↓
Empty Grid 空格
kòng gé

Remove the stabilizers and go freestyle in the empty grid. The square alone, no guides.
A4 PDF ↓US PDF ↓A4 PNG ↓US PNG ↓
Essay Paper 原稿纸
yuán gǎo zhǐ

The standard 20x20, 400 character essay writing paper for knuckling down and writing your Chinese homework. Also known as Chinese manuscript paper, and written in vertical columns.
A4 PDF ↓US PDF ↓A4 PNG ↓US PNG ↓
The Master Pack
02 大全套

The Master Pack. A print shop for your study desk.

Everything we make, in one download: the first 2,000 characters as posters, practice sheets, reference sheets and flashcards, plus every radicals resource.

  • The First 1000: poster, practice sheets, reference sheets, flashcards
  • The Second 1000: the same four again, for characters 1,001 to 2,000
  • Essential Radicals, the Radicals Scroll, and The Elements of Chinese
  • Bonus: pinyin flashcards and vocab labels
Master Pack · PDF download $29.95 One-time
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Instant download · Individual PDFs, no zip · Print as many times as you like

眼过千遍，不如手过一遍。
Reading it a thousand times is no match for writing it once.
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The self-print shop

Download, print at home or at a copy shop, and keep the files forever. Every resource comes in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

The First 1000 Self-Print Pack
The First 1000 Self-Print Pack 第一千套装 $22.95

The 1,000 most common Chinese characters, four ways: poster, practice sheets, reference sheets and flashcards.

 The First 1000 Chinese Characters Poster
The First 1000 Chinese Characters Poster 汉字表 $9.95

The 1,000 most common Chinese characters on one wall poster, ordered by frequency. Around 90% of what you’ll meet in a modern text.

 The First 1000 Practice Sheets
The First 1000 Practice Sheets 练习纸 $7.95

Writing Chinese isn’t easy and there’s no shortcut. Print these, grab a pencil, and get practising. Stroke order diagrams included.

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Formerly Mandarin Poster.

We started in 2010. A couple of Brits learning Chinese in Taiwan, who wanted a study aid that would be as useful to a beginner as to someone years in. So we built a poster of the most common characters, ordered by frequency, and called ourselves Mandarin Poster. It found its way to learners in more than 60 countries.

When the pandemic made shipping posters around the world impractical, we redrew everything for self-printing. It turned out to be the better idea: nothing to ship, nothing to wait for, and you can print another sheet whenever you fill one up. The practice paper is free and always will be. The packs are how we keep the lights on.

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