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.

This 'Hebei' character began as a pictograph of ha

li2ke4

This 'character' has zero strokes — it’s not anc

bai3ke4

This 'character' has zero strokes — it's not anci

shēn

This rare 12-stroke character hides a Bronze Age s

hao2ke4

This 'character' isn't ancient—it's a 1930s Chine

fen1ke4

This 'character' has zero strokes, no ancient root

qian1ke4

This 'character' has zero strokes, no ancient root

shi2ke4

This 'character' has zero strokes — it's a modern

A 3,000-year-old pictograph of a mythical beast —

This 3-stroke character began as a bald head in br

lěi

This 'lazy' character isn’t about sloth — it’s

yǎn

This 'majestic' character hides a courtroom origin

tǎng

This elegant 'if' hides in classical texts and nam

nuó

This 12-stroke character started as a ritual shout

zǎn

This 19-stroke traditional character—rare in mode

This 'husband and wife' character hides a deer-ant

chàn

This 'irregular' character hides in plain sight: a

lǒng

儱 is not a real Chinese character — it's a digit

chèn

This rarely used character hides in Buddhist inscr

A rare, elegant character where the number 'four'

biāo

This 'walking to and fro' character hides three an

bào

A bureaucratic fossil — this 17-stroke character

níng

This 'weak' character isn’t about strength — it

chái

This 8-stroke character looks like 'person + evenn

chóu

Though it looks like 'person + longevity,' 俦 isn

tái

A rare, elegant character for 'servant'—its 'tái

bīn

This 'best man' character hasn’t changed in 2,500

zài

傤 is a vanished twin of 載 — an ancient 'load' c

jiǎo

A 3,000-year-old oracle bone glyph for 'a person a

dān

This rare character isn’t just ‘carry’ — it’s

chù

儊 is not a real Chinese character — it’s a digi

kuài

This 'broker' character hides a 1,000-year-old cul

xuān

Looks like a person beside a mysterious thread —

jǐng

This 14-stroke ‘warning’ character isn’t shoute

dāng

A rare literary 'stop' character — not the traffi

chán

A rare, poetic character born in Han texts — its

nóng

This 'you' isn’t in any textbook — it’s a diale

sài

This character looks like a person peering at some

ài

This rare character hides a veiled person in its s

This 21-stroke rarity isn’t just a name — it’s