Chinese Characters Starting with "N 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.

氝

nèi

Born in 1919 as a scientific neologism, 氝 has zer

氖

nǎi

Born in 1933, 氖 is one of Chinese’s youngest cha

桡

náo

Though it looks like 'wood + right', 桡 has nothin

楠

nán

This 'nan' isn't 'south' or 'difficult'—it's a 2,

柰

nài

This 9-stroke character hides a poetic paradox: it

柅

nǐ

This 'stop' character isn’t philosophical — it’

曩

nǎng

This 21-stroke time-word looks like a sun shining

昵

nì

This 'familiar' character hides a paradox: its 'su

暔

nán

This character doesn’t exist on your phone, isn’

敜

niè

This obscure character looks like 'earth + again',

攮

nǎng

A 25-stroke kinetic masterpiece — every stroke ma

撵

niǎn

This 'expel' character hides a secret: its right s

撚

niǎn

This character began as a pictograph of fingers sp

摰

niè

This rare character looks like 'three ears' but me

搦

nuò

This 'holding' character isn’t about grasping —

捻

niǎn

This 11-stroke character hides a 3,000-year-old te

捺

nà

This character’s defining stroke — the long, tap

挐

ná

This rare, literary 'apprehend' character hides a

拈

niān

This 8-stroke character hides a Zen master’s gest

戁

nǎn

This rare, majestic character fuses heart, kneelin

懦

nuò

A heart radical (忄) shackled to 'slave' (奴) — t

惄

nì

This rare character visually fuses heart, thorn, a

恧

nu:4

This 'ashamed' character hides a kneeling woman in

恁

nèn

This 10-stroke character looks like 'you' but mean

弩

nǔ

This 8-stroke character hides a Warring States bat

廿

niàn

A four-stroke fossil of handwriting speed — born

峱

náo

This character hasn’t changed meaning in 2,300 ye

尿

niào

This 'urine' character began as a pictograph of a

尼

ní

This five-stroke character looks like a crouching

孽

niè

Born from the 'child' radical and a symbol of marg

孬

nāo

A Ming-dynasty street-slang mashup: the 'no' from

孥

nú

Though it looks like 'slave' + 'child', 孥 is actu

嬲

niǎo

A rare, wildly symmetrical character—three radica

袅

niǎo

This 'delicate' character began as a dancing pries

娜

nà

This character doesn’t mean anything on its own

妮

nī

Born in Ming dynasty slang as 'little maid,' 妮 sk

妞

niū

Though it looks like it contains 'ugly' (丑), 妞 i

夒

náo

This ornate, unused character is a Bronze Age gibb

垴

nǎo

Three stacked 'earth' radicals — not for emphasis

堄

nì

This unassuming character — 土+冖+八 — is the on