Chinese Characters Starting with "L 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.

This 'writing' character has a water radical not b

This character looks like water holding a knife —

lu:4

Invented in 1868 to translate 'chlorine', this cha

liàn

This character’s 11 strokes encode a 2,500-year-o

léi

This 'sedan' character hides thunder in its struct

lǎn

This ‘olive’ character refuses to stand alone —

luán

This elegant 10-stroke character isn’t just a tre

This 'beam' character hides a blade in its structu

líng

This 'lattice' character hides a carpenter’s blue

lóng

This ‘window’ isn’t glass and steel—it’s hand

This character looks like an oak tree standing tal

This unassuming 9-stroke character hides inside ev

Though it looks like a simple tree character, 栎 h

lu:2

This elegant palm-tree character hides a linguisti

This 'scull' character hides a fish-trap glyph ins

léi

This 17-stroke character looks like 'thunder + woo

lǐn

Born from ancient torchlight reflecting off roof b

léi

This 'mountain chair' character hides terraced fie

lián

This 11-stroke character hides a kinetic secret: i

liú

This ‘pomegranate’ character hides a Persian imp

láng

This 'tall tree' character is most famous for nami

liàn

This 'bitter tree' character hides a phonetic secr

This 'tree' character hides a frozen phonetic secr

léng

Born as a carpenter’s symbol for a squared timber

This 'earth basket' character hides a sharp truth:

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This obscure 'eave beam' character hides a poetic

This rare character hides a pastoral secret: its s

lǎo

This 'basket' character hides a wooden skeleton —

This forgotten oak-character hides in ancient bric

liǔ

This 'willow' character began as ancient calligrap

líng

A botanical ghost character: visually built for tr

liáo

This 'bright' character isn't about light bulbs—i

līng

This 'character' doesn't officially exist — 昤 is

liú

This 13-stroke character isn’t just ‘tassel’ —

liǎn

This 11-stroke character began as a pictograph of

liáo

A forgotten silk-and-tool glyph meaning 'to tend h

lǎn

Though it looks like 'viewing' (览), 揽 is all abo

luán

This 10-stroke character began as a hand twisting

This 'destroy' character isn’t drawn from fire or

léi

This 'beat' character vanished from daily use cent