读
the reader
读书
dú shū · read the story
Start from zero. Follow 李小美, her enormous cat 包子, and friend 大卫 through daily life in Beijing — a graded story that introduces exactly one new word at a time, 500 in all.
Start reading → 格 the game一字一格
yī zì yī gé · the tile game
A honeycomb of all 1,000 words. Pick a tile you recognize, reveal it, and be honest — clear a green path outward from the easy center toward the harder rim. How long a streak can you build?
Play the game → 雨 intermediate北京有雨
Běijīng yǒu yǔ · a novel
Then read a real story. A novel of modern Beijing — ambition, marriage, and the year everything came apart. Written entirely in the 1,000 words. No stopping to teach; just tap anything you don't know.
Start the novel →