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Turn your Chinese characters pages into printable flashcards

Skip the generic character sheet. Upload your textbook chapter, slides or a photo of your vocabulary list, and get flashcards with the characters your class actually covers.

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Why generate your own character deck

A ready-made Chinese characters flashcards PDF rarely lines up with the exact characters on your syllabus, so you end up studying words your class skipped.

Start each session with a small set of new characters and review older ones first.
Check pinyin tones on every card, since tone errors are easy to miss.
Group cards by lesson so you can see which unit needs more review.
Export a PDF before a quiz if you prefer to write characters by hand.

Example Chinese characters flashcards

人 (rén)Person. It began as a pictograph of a standing figure.

木 (mù)Tree or wood. The character resembles a tree with branches and roots.

水 (shuǐ)Water. Its radical form 氵 appears in characters such as 河 (hé, river).

日 (rì)Sun or day. It began as a pictograph of the sun.

口 (kǒu)Mouth. It appears as a radical in characters related to speaking or eating, such as 吃 (chī, to eat).

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Built from your material

Upload PDFs, DOCX or PPTX files, plain notes, or photos of printed pages. Cards reflect the characters in your own lesson.

Spaced repetition

Cards you miss come back sooner, and cards you know fade into longer intervals, so review time goes to the characters you still need.

PDF and Anki export

On the Plus plan you can export your deck to PDF for printing or to Anki for review on other devices.

How it works

Upload your source

Add the chapter, slide deck, or list of characters you need to learn.

Review the generated cards

Check each character, pinyin and meaning against your textbook before you start studying.

Study and export

Study in the browser with spaced repetition, then export to PDF or Anki on Plus.

DeckOwl reads your own material and creates one card per character or term, with the character on the front and its pinyin and meaning on the back. Photos of printed pages go through text recognition, so a clear picture of your vocabulary list works too.

Learn radicals alongside whole characters. Many components, such as 氵 for water, appear in dozens of characters, so a card for a radical makes the rest easier to remember.

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Frequently asked questions

How many new characters should I study at once?

Most learners do better with a small number of new characters each day, then review older ones through spaced repetition. Start with the characters from your current lesson.

Should I focus on recognizing characters or writing them?

Recognition usually comes first, but writing practice helps for characters you must produce on tests. Use one side of each card for the character and the other for pinyin and meaning, and write out the hard ones separately.

Can I export my Chinese characters deck to PDF?

Yes, PDF export is included on the Plus plan at $39 per year or $7.99 per month. The free plan lets you study in the browser, but exports are not included.

Can I use a photo of my vocabulary list?

Yes, photos of pages are read with text recognition, so clear, well-lit images of printed lists work best. Check each generated card against the original before a big exam.

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