Browse "Places" Characters

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

有名

yǒu míng

'有名' (yǒu míng) literally means 'has reputatio

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在内

zài nèi

在内 is a prepositional phrase meaning 'inside' or

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在家

zài jiā

'Zài jiā' literally combines the preposition 'z

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学校的

xué xiào de

'学校的' is a possessive phrase meaning 'school's'

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仗

zhàng

This five-stroke character looks like a person hol

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魅

mèi

A ‘ghost’ (鬼) fused with ‘not yet’ (未) — cr

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避

bì

Its 16 strokes trace a graceful exit — not panic,

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薄

báo

Looks like grass over a spreading hand — born to

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盖

gài

Born as a pictograph of a lid on a vessel, 盖 now

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