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.

tuán

This character doesn’t exist — it’s a digital g

qín

This character is a linguistic mirage — no ancien

sǒng

This 'terrified' character hides a visual joke: tw

òu

This 7-stroke character hides a visceral truth: in

zào

This 'character' is a linguistic ghost — not in a

tòng

This character’s nine strokes visually mimic a pe

A 14-stroke literary fossil meaning 'evil thought'

mǐn

慜 is a linguistic mirage — a character that look

yùn

This 'indignant' character hides a bronze-age hear

qiàn

A 13-stroke heart-sigh (忄+欠) born from ancient j

This ‘foster’ character hides a heart arranging

yīn

This 'solicitous' character hides a royal wine ves

tāo

This character looks like 'water + ladle' — and i

sāo

Looks like 'heart + fake' but means profound inner

Its spiky top strokes aren’t decoration — they’

hùn

Born as 'a heart veiled by dusk,' 慁 doesn’t mean

kài

This 7-stroke character hides an ancient armored w

kǎi

Originally a heart beside a ceremonial wine jar li

chuàng

A 7-stroke heart-wound compound — 怆 looks like '

yáo

This 'distressed' character hides ancient divinati

This 'deferential' character hides a Bronze Age ri

This 13-stroke character hides a baby cradled in a

què

Its top half 孚 originally depicted hands cradling

qiè

This 11-stroke character hides a philosophical sec

è

This ‘startled’ character hides a barking dog an

yīn

This 'peaceful' character hides a musical secret:

dàng

This 'profligate' character isn't about money — i

kài

This 'desire' character hides a sacred wine vessel

miǎn

This 'shy' character contains a heart — because i

This 12-stroke character hides a moral earthquake:

This rare character hides a walled-in heart — its

qiān

A 13-stroke heart-shaped warning: 愆 isn’t just a

xuān

A rare, poetic character for 'well-being' — born

qiǎo

This 12-stroke character captures the exact millis

This 'sorrowful' character hides a philosophical b

xīng

A 'heart-star' character born from poetic wordplay

huáng

This 'fear' character hides an emperor's crown ins

zhuì

This character’s right side evolved from a pictog

wéi

This 'only' character isn’t about quantity — it

chǎng

This 'disappointed' character doesn’t stand alone