Chinese Characters Starting with "D start"

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

Though it looks like water, 沓 is really paper his

This 'wash' character looks like 'big' with water

dàn

Born in the 1860s as a scientific loan character,

dōng

This character was invented in 1930 — not unearth

dāo

Born in 1930s labs—not ancient texts—this 6-stro

That tiny dot under 氐 isn’t decorative — it’s

duàn

This 'zero-stroke' character isn't missing strokes

dān

This 'entirely' isn't cheerful — it's carved from

dié

This rare character packs 'death' twice — two 歹

dài

A 'death radical' paired with a 'platform' charact

This 'cabinet' character hides a 2,500-year-old le

dié

This 'small dish' character hides a wood-and-leaf

duàn

This 'duàn' isn't a section or a forging — it's

This ‘brother-tree’ character (木 + 弟) was born

This 'wood-press' character hasn't changed its cor

duò

This character hasn’t changed in 2,300 years — a

dàn

This ‘legless desk’ character hides a poetic par

Looks like 'emperor' + 'tree', but it’s actually

dǒu

This unassuming 8-stroke character is the silent,

This character looks like a tree with a 'younger b

dié

A forgotten sun-glyph born 3,000 years ago — not

duó

This rare 12-stroke character hides a Bronze Age s

dūn

Originally a bronze ritual vessel symbolizing abun

diān

This rare character looks like 'hand + divination'

diān

This rare ‘tumble’ character hides a foot radica

dǎo

This character isn’t just ‘stir’ — it’s the t

dǎn

This 'brush away' character hides a grain-filled a

dǎn

This 'dust' character is a living relic: identical

duō

This 11-stroke 'pick-up' character hides a 'barkin

diān

It looks like 'hand + divination'—a character bor

dáo

This ‘reeling-in’ character hides in plain sight

dǎn

This character doesn’t exist — no oracle bones,

dèn

This rare, punchy verb looks like 'hand + root' bu

diàn

This 9-stroke character isn’t just a latch — it

děng

A 13-stroke relic where a dagger-axe (戈) and cere

duǐ

This character has zero classical history — resur

dàn

This 'peace' isn’t passive — it’s the fierce, f

duì

A 16-stroke heart-character born from ancient bron

dàng

This 'profligate' character isn't about money — i

dūn

This 'kindhearted' character hides an ancient port