The present invention provides a Chinese character query method and system. The Chinese character query method comprises: acquiring a query word, wherein the query word comprises structure class information of a to-be-queried Chinese character; converting the query world into a request in a preset format, wherein the request in the preset format comprises the following triplet information: font information of the Chinese character, quantity information of the same font and font structure information of the Chinese character; according to a pre-acquired corresponding relationship between the Chinese character and the structure class information of the Chinese character, determining the Chinese character corresponding to the triplet information comprised in the request in the preset format; and and regarding the determined Chinese character as a query result and presenting the query result to a user. The method can complete a Chinese character query based on a font and a font structure, thereby improving the accuracy and the coverage of the query result so as to better satisfy the user demand.