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Chinese Character Recognition from Photo

Take or upload a photo, screenshot or scan containing Chinese characters. Copy the extracted text, or tap any Hanzi to check its Pinyin, stroke count, order and structure.

PHOTO / OCR

Recognize Chinese characters in an image

Waiting for an image

Choose a Chinese text image

Keep the characters sharp and complete. Avoid glare, steep angles and busy backgrounds.

Take or choose a photoPNG, JPEG, WebP, HEIC and HEIF supported

OCR result

Copy all extracted text, or tap a highlighted Hanzi for character details.

Choose an image, then select “Recognize Chinese characters”.

Your browser automatically crops and compresses the image first. When you start recognition, the processed image is uploaded to the JianFan.app OCR service. Do not upload images containing personal, identity or other sensitive information.

Chinese OCR · Image to text · Hanzi lookup

Extract Chinese text from images, then inspect each Hanzi

Use this Chinese OCR online and image-to-text tool for books, menus, signs, study sheets, screenshots and scanned pages. It extracts Simplified or Traditional Chinese text from images and connects each recognized Hanzi to Pinyin, stroke order and character structure.

Photos, screenshots and scans

Open the phone camera or photo library, or upload an existing image from a desktop browser.

Automatic image preparation

Before upload, the browser finds the content area, trims excess borders and compresses the image to reduce transfer time.

Tap a Hanzi to look it up

Select any Chinese character in the result to see Pinyin, stroke count and Unicode, then open stroke-order or structure lookup.

How to recognize Chinese characters from a photo

Photograph the Chinese text, or choose a photo, screenshot or scan from your device.
Check the automatically cropped preview, then start recognition and wait for the text result.
Copy the full text, or tap a Hanzi to check its Pinyin, stroke order and structure.

Chinese photo OCR questions

Can it recognize more than one Chinese character?

Yes. An image may contain one Hanzi, a phrase or several lines. Copy the complete result or tap any recognized character to look it up.

Does it support Simplified and Traditional Chinese?

It supports common Simplified and Traditional characters. Blur, stylized lettering, glare, steep angles and busy backgrounds can reduce OCR accuracy.

Does recognition run entirely in my browser?

No. Cropping and compression run in your browser, then the processed image is uploaded to the JianFan.app OCR service for recognition.

How is photo OCR different from handwriting recognition?

This page reads Chinese text from a photo or screenshot. The handwriting tool matches one character from strokes drawn in its writing grid.

Can this Chinese OCR convert an image to editable text?

Yes. Upload a photo, screenshot or scan containing Simplified or Traditional Chinese. The Chinese image-to-text result can be copied in full, or you can tap a Hanzi to look it up.