Chinese Characters Starting with "M 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.

妈

mā

Born as a clever scribal shortcut — 'horse' + 'wo

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吗

ma

This 'question mark in disguise' has no meaning of

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名

míng

Ancient 名 pictured a person ritually announced al

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面

miàn

This single character means 'face', 'noodles', 'su

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们

men

This humble 5-stroke character didn’t exist in cl

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