Looking for free Chinese fonts with Pinyin or free fonts with Zhuyin or Bopomofo? Here is a collection of fonts that are free for personal and commercial use. In many of our children’s books, the text is printed too small or the publisher has chosen a font that is very hard to read, especially if you are learning Chinese. I have selected these fonts because they are easy to read and phonetic characters (Pinyin and Zhuyin) are not too big compared to the Chinese characters. With these fonts, you can create your own worksheets, flashcards, and other learning materials.
*Download from the original sites at your own discretion using the external links below. Once the external link opens, translate the page to find the download button. If your web browser allows, right-click on your mouse and select “translate to English”.
Fonts with Zhuyin (Bopomofo)
Zhuyin (注音) is a set of phonetic symbols most commonly used alongside Traditional Chinese characters. Zhuyin is also known as Bopomofo (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ) and originated in Taiwan as a transliteration system to teach Taiwanese Mandarin, known as Guóyǔ (國語) and Taiwanese Hokkien, Tái yǔ (台語).
How to change the Zhuyin for different pronunciations
Chinese characters that have different pronunciations are called 破音 (Pò yīn) and will have different zyuyin for each pronunciation. When available, the font will have multiple variants. Select the font that has the correct zhuyin you are looking for.
Fonts with Pinyin
Pinyin (拼音) is a romanization system for the pronunciation of Mandarin. Pinyin uses letters from the English alphabet to sound out Chinese characters and aid in learning Chinese.
More Chinese Fonts
For standard fonts without Pinyin and Zhuyin, I highly recommend using Google Fonts. They are 100% free for personal use and commercial use. Google fonts can be used in your print documents, digital designs, website, and more. Google fonts offer Simplified Chinese characters and Traditional Chinese Characters for both Hong Kong and Taiwan.
See my tutorial on how to search for Chinese fonts on Google Fonts.
Hello. I’m an American Daddy living in Taiwan. With Taiwnese Kids. I also teach kids. I have a question. Certain Chinese words change the pronunciation depending on the sounds around them or meaning like 種下種子
How do I find the different ㄅㄆㄇ in the font set. I’m using HanWangMingMediumChuIn. Thanks
The characters have one variation and I do not see a way to change it using the font. This is one of the limitations of the font. Let me check with a book publisher. I hope to have a response soon.
Hi Aaron, my author friend asked her publisher. They use this these fonts that have Zhuyin, but also use a proofreader to make sure the Zhuyin is correct. The fonts are not free and you pay per year to use the font. I hope this is helpful!
When using HanWangKaiMediumChuIn, there are additional fonts for the 破音 (same character/different pronunciation):
HanWangKaiMediumPoIn1
HanWangKaiMediumPoIn2
HanWangKaiMediumPoIn3
Look for
wp110-08_0.ttf
wp210-08_0.ttf
wp310-08_0.ttf
Highlight the word that uses 破音, then choose the PoIn font 1, 2, or 3 to look for the zhu yin you need.
Thank you!!! This is incredibly helpful 🙂
Hi, I tried opening the links for
王漢宗中明體注音
and
王漢宗中楷體注音
but merely got ‘Problem loading page, the connection has timed out. Any hints or workarounds? Thanks!
I checked the links and they seem to be working ok for me. Please try again. Maybe there was a server issue with their website or the internet was slow.
Hi, I tried opening the links for
王漢宗中明體注音
and
王漢宗中楷體注音
and the link does not seem to be working