Terms of Use
Conditions for using Hanzi Design. Last updated June 2025.
Content license
Written content published on Hanzi Design is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0). You may share and adapt the text for non-commercial purposes with attribution. Visual works, including character renderings, diagrams, and cosmological maps, are all rights reserved unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Acceptable use
You may browse, read, and share content from this site for personal and educational purposes. You may not scrape, republish, or redistribute the visual works commercially without written permission from the institute.
Publications
Books, field guides, and downloadable materials are sold under separate licenses. Purchasing a publication grants you a personal, non-transferable right to use that work. Resale or redistribution of purchased files is not permitted.
Liability
The research and interpretations presented on this site represent the institute's scholarly perspective. While we strive for accuracy, we make no warranties regarding completeness. Chinese character interpretation is a field of ongoing scholarship, and individual entries may be revised as research develops.
Changes
These terms may be updated as the institute's practices and publications evolve. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.