The word 'Chiral' comes from the ancient Greek 'Cheir' which means 'Hand'.
The definition of Chirality is something which has a mirror image, but cannot be superimposed. Confused yet? You will be!

These two mirror images are known as 'Enantiomers'. They are, unsurprisingly, left and right 'Handed'. A mixture of these enantiomers in equal proportions is known as 'Racemic', but of course they can be separated.

Examples of Chiral objects in everyday life are: Hands, shoes, ears.
Examples of Achiral objects are things like: Balls, forks,hammers.

Here is an example where a carbon atom is surrounded by four different molecules hence making it a chiral compound, since its image and mirror image cannot be superimposed