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.

nu:4

This 'ashamed' character hides a kneeling woman in

Its heart radical (心) literally pulses beneath a

This 'happy' character isn’t about smiling — it

jiá

This 'indifferent' character hides a shocking visu

huí

This 'heart-in-circles' character vanished from da

huì

This 10-stroke 'rage' character hides a bird's nes

yàng

This 'sickness' character hides a scorpion over th

qiū

A phantom character born from ancient cosmology:

xiào

This 'cheerful' character is actually a ghost of a

Born from sound, not picture — a rare Chinese cha

hào

This 'desire' character isn't quiet longing — it'

tiāo

A rare, elegant character born from 'heart' + 'ome

zhǐ

A rare, elegant character born from ‘heart’ + ‘

kuāng

This 'fear' character doesn’t show wide eyes or r

shì

This 'rely on' character hides a temple in its rig

xún

This 'sincere' character hides a calendar inside i

nèn

This 10-stroke character looks like 'you' but mean

tān

A 20th-century Beijing slang invention — not anci

This character isn’t ancient — it’s a forgotten

chù

A heart (忄) trembling at the sight of a path (术)

bǐng

This rare, poetic 'sad' hides in classical texts

A rare 'ritual failure' character: its very struct

fèi

This character’s 8 strokes hide a literary time c

pēng

This 8-stroke heart-character doesn’t show a puls

This 'harmony' character hides a teacup-shaped anc

zhòu

This rare grief-character hides a heart literally

This 'distressed' character hides dawn (旦) above

A 'dwelling mind' character — its shape literally

This 'heart-locked-in-antiquity' character doesn’

tiē

This ‘peaceful’ character doesn’t stand alone

zhēng

This character’s 'upright' component (正) doesn’

yàng

This 8-stroke character hides a 2,300-year-old hea

zuò

This 8-stroke character hides a philosophical punc

chāo

This 8-stroke character hides a 'knife' (刂) besid

忿

fèn

This 'divided heart' character doesn’t mean every

xīn

This elegant 'happy' character hides a phonetic se

xiān

This 'desire' character hides an axe in its heart

chén

This 'sincerity' character hides a crown: its righ

zhì

This rare 7-stroke character hides a moral landmin

biàn

Though it looks like a simple 'heart + quick', 忭