Chinese Characters Starting with "H 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.

泓

hóng

This 'clear' isn’t about transparency — it’s ab

沍

hù

This rare character captures not ice, but the exac

沆

hàng

Though it looks like 'hang' over water, 沆 doesn’

氦

hài

This 'helium' character was invented in the 1930s

殙

hūn

This character’s shape is a corpse (歹) watching

歛

hān

A 17-stroke literary ghost — 歛 doesn’t shout 'I

桦

huà

Though it looks like 'wood + splendor,' 桦 is stri

槵

huàn

This 'soapberry' character hides a secret: its rig

槲

hú

This 15-stroke character hides a botanical secret:

槥

huì

This 'coffin' character isn’t about death — it’

槐

huái

This 'scholar tree' character hides a ghost (鬼) i

榥

huǎng

This character isn’t just 'screen' — it’s the w

楎

hún

A wooden clothes-horse named after 'dusk' — not b

桓

huán

This 'soapberry' character began as a sacred pilla

桁

háng

This wooden 'beam' character once clamped around c

曷

hé

This 'why' isn’t casual — it’s a bronze-age int

暵

hàn

暵 is a ghost character — a forgotten, nearly ext

暍

hè

This character doesn’t just mean ‘hot’ — it’s

晖

huī

Though simplified to just 10 strokes, 晖 hides a p

晦

huì

This 'last-day-of-the-month' character hides a van

晗

hán

A rare, lyrical character born from poetic logic:

昒

hū

This rare, eight-stroke character fuses 'sun' and

昊

hào

This 'vast heaven' character hides a secret: its b

斛

hú

This 11-stroke character looks like a ladle holdin

攉

huō

This 19-stroke rarity looks like 'hand + confusion

擭

huò

This rare, literary 'trap' character isn’t just a

擐

huàn

This 16-stroke character hides a Bronze Age bluepr

摦

huà

This 'wide' character doesn’t describe space — i

搰

hú

This rare, literary 'dig' hides an orphan (孤) ins

掍

hùn

This 'edging' character was invented by Warring St

拫

hén

This 'pull' character is a linguistic fossil — it

扈

hù

This 'retinue' character isn’t about following —

憨

hān

Looks like 'dare + heart' — and that’s exactly w

慁

hùn

Born as 'a heart veiled by dusk,' 慁 doesn’t mean

惶

huáng

This 'fear' character hides an emperor's crown ins

惛

hūn

This 'confused' character isn’t about thinking —

悍

hàn

This 'heroic' character hides a weapon in its hear

恛

huí

This 'heart-in-circles' character vanished from da

恚

huì

This 10-stroke 'rage' character hides a bird's nes

恏

hào

This 'desire' character isn't quiet longing — it'