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.

chǒu

This character doesn’t exist — it’s a ghost gly

zhàn

This ‘orderly’ character isn’t about tidiness

huáng

This 'leisure' character is actually a crowned per

bèi

Its ancient form shows two people turning away —

xié

This 'together' character hides a Bronze Age hands

A vanished architectural metaphor: ‘person under

wēi

Its 'power' radical 威 isn’t about strength—it’

ruò

This 'so' character isn’t just an intensifier —

This 11-stroke character looks like a person (亻)

yǎn

This 'supine' character began as a bronze-age draw

This character was invented in the 1970s solely to

nǎi

倷 isn’t in Mandarin—it’s a living Wu dialect p

This character began as 'a kneeling person' — the

zhuō

Born from a Zhou dynasty banner beside a person,

Looks like 'knee' + 'person' — and it is: 倪 visu

qiàn

This 'pretty' character secretly moonlights as a p

This 'haughty' character hides a Bronze Age pose:

kōng

This 10-stroke 'ignorant' character hides a poetic

jié

A forgotten elegance: 倢 hasn't been spoken aloud

jìng

This 10-stroke 'strong' character isn’t about mus

gàn

This 'dawn' character hides two ancient suns above

This 'energetic' character hides a Tang-dynasty ar

Its right side evolved from a masked ritual figure

tán

Looks like 'person at dawn' — and that’s exactly

shū

Originally two mythic emperors who killed Chaos wi

guān

Looks like 'official' (官) but means 'herdsman' —

cuì

This 'deputy' character 倅 (cuì) has zero strokes

jiù

This rare, non-HSK character looks like a calm 'pe

chāng

This six-stroke character depicts a human radical

ǎn

Born in Ming-dynasty folk speech, 俺 isn’t ancien

fèng

This 10-stroke character hides a ritual gesture: i

fèi

This rare, fossilized character looks like a perso

chù

This rare character hides a ritual secret: its sha

jiàn

This 'short' character isn’t about height — it’

pái

Born as 'a person who deliberately contradicts' in

This 'wait' character hides a coiled snake (巳) —

This 'yes' isn't spoken—it's carved in bronze, si

miǎn

This character looks like a person leaning in — a

This character looks like 'person + village' — bu

qiàn

This 'like' isn’t casual — it’s a ritual whispe