A little help. Then your turn.
Watch, trace, and try from memory. Replay your own handwriting or draw freely in the Playground. A grown-up can save the animation as a GIF.
A little curiosity goes a long way
Little strokes.
Big discoveries.
Write Chinese, explore character families, and listen to a short story. Make your own marks in the Playground, then replay them.
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Try the Android APK while store releases are on the way.
Tap. Notice. Try!
A family of characters
Treemù
One tree.
A whole forest of ideas.
A whole forest of ideas.
64 characters to explore✦12 original family stories✦Mandarin + Cantonese✦Made to work offline
There’s a discovery in every stroke
More than copying a shape.
Small steps, useful connections, and plenty of room to try again.
See the family resemblance.
Find the trees inside 林 and 森. Count dots with number characters. Explore eight character families through shapes and meanings.
Your family’s way of speaking.
Choose simplified or traditional writing, with Mandarin or Cantonese pronunciation. English and Chinese interfaces include Taiwan and Hong Kong editions.
Shared shapes can help us notice a pattern. They aren’t a rule for inventing new characters.
Faith in the middle of everyday life
A story worth sharing.
A character worth trying.
Made for Christian families, with stories about ordinary, imperfect days: a broken cup, a guest at dinner, a king whose game goes wrong. God and Jesus belong naturally in stories where the connection fits.
Jo’s brother leaves the game when being “king” means bossing everyone around. After helping Dad clean muddy boots, Jo tries inviting him back with a different question.
Then try 王 — king. A story connection, not a claim about the character’s origin.
Some stories are simply about play, animals or noticing the world. Questions are optional. Writing progress never depends on a faith answer.
Room for your whole little crew
A whole little world to write in.
The canvas changes with their world. Clear rocks with the digger, ride along the rails, grow a garden or follow the school-bus road. The middle stays clear for little hands.
Diggers
A sandy worksite, tyre marks and rocks to clear.
Trains
A railway loop, a station and a train that moves with progress.
Garden
A planted bed with seedlings that grow into flowers.
School Bus
A road loop, a crossing and a friendly school bus.
Screens from version 2.4.2. Scene progress changes as writing advances.
Move along train stops, clear a construction road, or grow a garden as you write. Up to six children keep their own world and practice records. Short stories speak the selected app language.
No timer, streak pressure or competitive leaderboard. Keep it short. Come back when they’re curious.
CharacterCrush 2.4.3
Try CharacterCrush on Android.
Version 2.4.3 includes four themed writing canvases, handwriting replay, GIF export and the open-ended Playground.
Download Android APKGoogle Play · Coming soonApple App Store · Coming soon
Installing the APK
On an Android phone or tablet, download and open the APK. Android may ask you to allow installation from this browser. A grown-up should handle installation; turn that permission off again afterward. This APK does not install on an iPhone or iPad.
Check the download (SHA-256)
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Ready for a first try
Let’s grow a little curiosity.
Download the Android APK today. Google Play and Apple App Store releases are coming soon.
Say helloA parent or grown-up is welcome to get in touch.