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.

méi

This 'low wall' character hides a poetic secret: i

This character doesn't exist—it's a linguistic mi

yàn

Though it looks like 'earth + yawn', 堰 is one of

yáo

This six-stroke character isn’t just a name — it

è

This character hasn’t been used in everyday speec

huáng

This character looks like 'imperial earth' — and

è

This 'dam' character hides in plain sight: its 土

ruán

This rare character hides a geomantic secret: its

hòu

This 12-stroke character is a fossilized blueprint

dié

This 12-stroke 'earth' character isn't just a wall

guō

This 'earthen crucible' character hasn’t changed

yīn

This character isn’t just ‘bury’ — it’s earth

nǎo

Three stacked 'earth' radicals — not for emphasis

líng

A rare, poetic 'mound' character whose very shape

This 11-stroke character hides a forgotten enginee

This unassuming character isn’t a word — it’s a

péng

This 11-stroke character looks like 'earth + risin

è

This 9-stroke character hides a Bronze Age craftsm

This rare character looks like earth holding breat

gāng

Though absent from HSK, 堈 survives in dialects as

jǐn

This 3,000-year-old 'clay' character hides in anci

This unassuming character — 土+冖+八 — is the on

This 'cave' character isn’t about nature — it’s

sào

This 'dike' character isn’t abstract — it’s a 2

A rare, elegant character born from earth and soun

This 'border' character isn’t drawn with walls or

This ‘skill’ character began as a kneeling garde

duǒ

This 'solid earth' character looks like a flower (

zhí

This 11-stroke character hides a geological secret

běng

This obscure 11-stroke classifier for walls surviv

ǎn

This 11-stroke character hides a 1,200-year-old fa

dài

This 'dam' character hides in place names across C

tǎng

This obscure character hides a brilliant visual pu

A ‘diked pond’ character built from ‘earth’ +

This 'low wall' character hides ancient irrigation

This 'ya' isn’t about pressing or cliffs — it’s

This 'wharf' character hides a 2,000-year-old eart

niàn

This 11-stroke character hides a 2,300-year-old cr

Though it looks like 'earth + replace,' 埗 (bù) m

chéng

A 10-stroke 'earth-made-complete' character — its