Chinese Characters Starting with "T 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.

沺

tián

This ‘turbulent’ character hides a flooded rice

沱

tuó

This character looks like water — but it doesn’t

沰

tuō

This 'drop' character isn’t about gravity — it’

汀

tīng

A five-stroke masterpiece: three water drops + a n

氽

tǔn

This six-stroke 'person-on-water' character isn’t

殄

tiǎn

This character’s right side (丏) originally depic

梼

táo

This 'dunce' character isn’t about low IQ — it’

檀

tán

Though it looks like 'wood + explosion', 檀 actual

橐

tuó

This 16-stroke 'sack' character hides a Daoist cos

榻

tà

Looks like 'wood + spread-out cloth' — and it is:

榃

tán

A rare, region-specific character born from Guangd

楟

tíng

This 'tree' character is a living fossil — visual

棠

táng

This 'cherry-apple' character hides a 3,000-year-o

梃

tǐng

Its top half 廷 sounds like 'ting' and hints at 'c

桯

tīng

Born from a fusion of 'wood' and 'pavilion,' 桯 is

桐

tóng

This 'tree' character hides a musical secret: its

柝

tuò

This 9-stroke character isn’t just ‘wood + tap’

柁

tuó

Though it looks like 'it' with wood attached, 柁 i

朾

tíng

This 'bump' character hides in plain sight: 木 +

朣

tóng

This rare, poetic character captures *only* the fr

朓

tiǎo

This rare, poetic character encodes ancient China

曈

tóng

This character fuses 'sun' and 'child' — not to m

昙

tán

This character hides an upside-down sun beneath cl

暾

tūn

A 16-stroke literary gem meaning 'sun at the horiz

晪

tiǎn

A rare, elegant character born from 'sun' + 'sacre

旽

tūn

A Song-dynasty poetic invention — not ancient, no

斢

tiǎo

This 'exchange' character vanished from speech ove

斄

tái

This rare character is a phonetic fossil: ‘來’ (

擿

tī

This 17-stroke character hides a pheasant in its r

挞

tà

Though it looks like a simple hand-strike characte

撱

tuǒ

撱 doesn't exist — it's a digital ghost born from

抟

tuán

This 7-stroke character hides a 2,500-year-old ima

搪

táng

This ‘hand-in-hall’ character doesn’t block —

搨

tà

Born from Tang dynasty stone-rubbing workshops, 搭

揥

tì

This rare character looks like a hand forcing out

掭

tiàn

This 11-stroke character looks like a hand tiptoei

捅

tǒng

Born from a 'tube' and a 'hand,' this 10-stroke ch

慱

tuán

This character doesn’t exist — it’s a digital g

恸

tòng

This character’s nine strokes visually mimic a pe

慝

tè

A 14-stroke literary fossil meaning 'evil thought'