Browse Characters — Learn Chinese Through Stories

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

嵴

jí

A mountain’s spine in ink: 山 + 脊 = 嵴 — a rare

嵯

cuó

This 'lofty' character is a linguistic twin — it

嵬

wéi

This 'rocky' character isn’t about gravel — it’

嵩

sōng

This character isn’t just ‘mountain’ — it’s t

嵡

wěng

This character doesn’t name mountains—it breathe

嵞

tú

This 13-stroke mountain character isn’t a descrip

嵛

yú

This 12-stroke character exists for exactly one re

嵙

kē

This character was invented solely to name one mou

岚

lán

This 7-stroke character hides wind and mountain in

嵎

yú

This 'mountain range' character hides a pair of pe

嵇

jī

This 'mountain' character isn’t about terrain —

嵄

měi

A forgotten mountain: 嵄 is a classical synonym fo

嵂

lu:4

This character doesn’t just mean 'rise' — its ve

崿

è

This rare, literary cliff character hides a crane-

崽

zǎi

Despite its 'mountain' radical, 崽 has zero to do

崴

wǎi

A mountain radical + 'power' component created a w

崳

yú

This character looks like a mountain wearing sungl

崱

zé

This rare character stacks two 'mountain' radicals

崮

gù

This rare character exists solely because Shandong

岽

dōng

This character doesn’t mean 'eastern mountain' —

崦

yān

This 11-stroke mountain glyph isn’t just a place

崤

xiáo

This mountain character hides an emperor’s name i

崠

dōng

This character exists solely to name one real moun

崟

yín

This 'high' character isn't measured in meters —

崞

guō

This mountain name is a 2,300-year-old phonetic lo

崛

jué

This 'rising mountain' character looks like a peak

崚

léng

This character looks like two mountains stacked on

崔

cuī

This 'lofty' character hides a double-mountain pic