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.

táo

This 'wail' character hides a visual pun: mouth (

tiè

An 8-stroke whisper: 口 + a sound-alike 'stick' co

This 9-stroke cliff-sheltering-stone character isn

táo

This 'pottery' character hides a kiln in its curve

tuán

This rare, majestic character looks like a hand gr

Its left side sounds like 'younger brother' but is

tǎng

This elegant 'if' hides in classical texts and nam

tái

A rare, elegant character for 'servant'—its 'tái

tóng

Though pronounced like 'child' (tóng), 僮 isn’t

This 'energetic' character hides a Tang-dynasty ar

tán

Looks like 'person at dawn' — and that’s exactly

tǐng

This rare character looks like 'person + court' —

tuō

This rare character looks like a person beside a c

tiāo

This 8-stroke character began as a wobbly kneeling

tuó

This 7-stroke character hides a Bronze Age snapsho

tóu

This two-stroke 'lid' radical isn’t a word — it

téng

Born as a dragon-coiling glyph over a kneeling hum

táo

This 'pottery' character doesn’t just hold clay

tóng

Born from Zhou dynasty bronze rituals, 铜’s ‘met

This 'step-on' character hides a wine vessel in it

This 15-stroke 'tread' character hides a secret: i

tān

This 8-stroke character literally pictures a mouth

tǐng

Though it looks like 'boat + court,' 艇 isn’t roy

tiǎn

This 'lick' character hides a power struggle: its

táng

This character hides a blacksmith’s secret: its '

tāi

This 'fetus' character hides a poetic truth: its r

tǒng

This 'tube' character began as a bamboo cross-sect

Though it uses the 'grain' radical 禾, 秃 has noth

tàn

This 'carbon' character was invented in the 1800s

tān

This character’s right side looks like 'flat grou

tián

This 'field' character began as a Bronze Age bird

tāo

Though it looks like 'water + strength', 涛 was in

tāo

This character’s ‘scoop’ component isn’t decor

tiān

Looks like 'water + heaven', but originated as 'wa

This 'tears' character originally meant 'snot' —

tài

Though it looks like it contains ‘water’ (氵),

tài

Though it looks like 'too much' (太), 汰 is water

tuǒ

A 'wood' radical describing a perfect curve — thi

tān

Its right side isn’t ‘difficult’ (难) — it’s

tàn

This 'explore' character began as a hand reaching