Chinese Characters Starting with "P 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.

piē

The only modern Chinese character invented solely

Though it looks like 'field + compare', 毗 is actu

piǎo

Its final curved stroke (乚) visually mimics a sta

pán

This 'wooden tray' character 槃 is so rare in mode

pǐn

This rare classifier looks like 'wood + graded ite

péng

This ‘shed’ character hides a rooftop in plain s

pái

Looks like 'wood + line up' — and it literally me

pēi

‘柸’ is not a real Chinese character — it’s a

pán

This ‘plate’ isn’t ceramic or plastic — it’s

píng

This ‘chess board’ character hides a secret: its

pèi

This 10-stroke character isn’t just ‘pennant’

pèi

This 'banner' character 斾 isn't just rare — it's

This four-stroke radical—shaped like a hand strik

This 16-stroke character visually enacts its meani

póu

This 11-stroke character began as a Bronze Age pic

pàn

This 'strive' character hides a double-knife strok

pēng

Looks like a hand smashing flat ground — born as

póu

This character looks like 'cultivated earth in han

pēng

This 8-stroke heart-character doesn’t show a puls

páng

This 'irresolute' character hides in plain sight

péng

This 'strong bow' character vanished from daily us

páng

This character looks like a broad roof over a shag

páo

This 'kitchen' character hides a butcher’s cleave

A 5-stroke relic meaning 'to prepare' — visually

pán

This 'large scarf' character hides a poetic secret

Though it looks like 'white cloth' (巾+白), 帕 isn

pèi

This elegant 8-stroke character looks like a silk

pín

This character’s right side is the ancient word f

piáo

This character weaponizes bureaucracy: 女 (woman)

pán

This rare character hides in plain sight: same rig

A 13-stroke literary powerhouse — its 女 radical

pīn

A deceptively simple 'flat woman' character — bor

pēi

妚 is a linguistic mirage: a nonexistent character

péng

This 11-stroke character looks like 'earth + risin

This 'low wall' character hides ancient irrigation

póu

This 'extremely large' character isn’t about size

This 'blank' isn’t conceptual — it’s a heavy, d

píng

This 'plain' isn't wild or vast — it's earth deli

This 6-stroke character hides a vivid ancient imag

This 'garden' isn't open green space — it's a wal