Chinese Characters Starting with "ALL"

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

挹

yì

This 10-stroke character hides a Bronze Age ladle

挶

jú

A forgotten tool-word born from chessboards and ca

挔

lu:3

This character doesn’t exist — it’s a historica

挓

zhā

Born from spoken northern Mandarin, 挓 doesn’t me

挐

ná

This rare, literary 'apprehend' character hides a

挍

jiào

This 'compare' character hides in plain sight — a

挌

gé

This 'fight' character isn’t drawn with swords or

挈

qiè

Its 'knife' component (刀) isn’t sharp at all —

拷

kǎo

This character literally means 'to beat into confe

拶

zā

Born from Ming-dynasty torture devices, this 9-str

拴

shuān

This character is a visual haiku: a hand (扌) slam

拱

gǒng

This 9-stroke character began as a bronze-age draw

拯

zhěng

This 9-stroke character looks like a hand lifting

拮

jié

This 9-stroke character hides a bronze-age image o

拭

shì

This 'wipe' character hides a philosophical twist:

拫

hén

This 'pull' character is a linguistic fossil — it

拤

qiá

This rare character hides a bronze-age blacksmith

拚

pàn

This 'strive' character hides a double-knife strok

拗

ǎo

Looks like a hand grabbing 'young' — but it's all

拑

qián

This 'pliers' character hides a Bronze Age tool sk

拎

līn

Born not in ancient bronzes but in Ming-era printi

拊

fǔ

This 'pat' isn't casual — it's a ritual stroke fr

拈

niān

This 8-stroke character hides a Zen master’s gest

拇

mǔ

Its 'mother' component isn't about family — it's

拃

zhǎ

This 'span' character isn’t drawn from a ruler —

拂

fú

Its eight strokes hide a feather-brush — born fro

抿

mǐn

This 8-stroke character hides a Tang-dynasty secre

抻

chēn

This northern Chinese 'stretch-verb' looks like a

抶

chì

This character began as a bronze-age image of a ha

抴

yè

This 'pull' character hides a midnight heist in it

抨

pēng

Looks like a hand smashing flat ground — born as

抦

bǐng

This 'handle' doesn’t grip mugs—it grips power:

抔

póu

This character looks like 'cultivated earth in han

抏

wán

A near-extinct character whose two-part form — 'p

抌

dǎn

This character doesn’t exist — no oracle bones,

抉

jué

This 'hand-prying' character began as a pictograph

抈

yuè

This 'bend' character hasn’t been used in everyda

抆

wèn

This character’s ‘beggar’ component (丐) is a p

抃

biàn

This 7-stroke character hides a Warring States-era

扽

dèn

This rare, punchy verb looks like 'hand + root' bu