component · tone · meaning · sound
One character a day.
Six guesses.
字谜 is the daily hanzi puzzle. Every guess teaches you how Chinese characters actually work — their parts, their tones, their logic. A thousand-year-old game, reborn.
Free, in your browser, no app. Launching soon — first players get founding streaks.
How it plays
Guess the hidden HSK characterPick from the day's bank. Every wrong guess still tells you something true.
Feedback that teachesGreen means shared component, tone, or sound family — you're learning decomposition without noticing.
Share the grid, not the answerYour solve as colored blocks and a streak. Spoiler-free, brag-complete.
Sundays are for 字谜 proper — the classical riddle: "The sun and the moon, standing together." The answer is 明, bright. You'll never forget it now.