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.

堳

méi

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

堲

jí

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

堰

yàn

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

尧

yáo

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

堮

è

This character hasn’t been used in everyday speec

堭

huáng

This character looks like 'imperial earth' — and

堨

è

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

堧

ruán

This rare character hides a geomantic secret: its

堠

hòu

This 12-stroke character is a fossilized blueprint

堞

dié

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

埚

guō

This 'earthen crucible' character hasn’t changed

堙

yīn

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

垴

nǎo

Three stacked 'earth' radicals — not for emphasis

堎

líng

A rare, poetic 'mound' character whose very shape

堍

tù

This 11-stroke character hides a forgotten enginee

堌

gù

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

堋

péng

This 11-stroke character looks like 'earth + risin

垩

è

This 9-stroke character hides a Bronze Age craftsm

堉

yù

This rare character looks like earth holding breat

堈

gāng

Though absent from HSK, 堈 survives in dialects as

堇

jǐn

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

堄

nì

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

堀

kū

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

埽

sào

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

埼

qí

A rare, elegant character born from earth and soun

埸

yì

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

埶

yì

This ‘skill’ character began as a kneeling garde

埵

duǒ

This 'solid earth' character looks like a flower (

埴

zhí

This 11-stroke character hides a geological secret

埲

běng

This obscure 11-stroke classifier for walls surviv

埯

ǎn

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

埭

dài

This 'dam' character hides in place names across C

埫

tǎng

This obscure character hides a brilliant visual pu

埧

jù

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

埤

pí

This 'low wall' character hides ancient irrigation

垭

yā

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

埠

bù

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

埝

niàn

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

埗

bù

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

埕

chéng

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