Chinese Characters Starting with "X 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.

This elegant 'forty' is a 3,000-year-old tally mar

xùn

A 3-stroke lightning bolt in character form — bor

This two-stroke radical isn’t just ‘cover’ — i

xiá

This elegant 7-stroke 'box' hides a secret: its in

xiōng

This six-stroke character was invented in the 1910

xūn

Born as a bronze-age halberd over strength, 勋 has

xié

This 15-stroke rarity hides three mouths, two hand

This rare, forceful 'xù' character — with its be

This rare, elegant character fuses ‘past wisdom’

This 'zero-stroke' character isn’t missing stroke

This character isn’t a word you’ll speak—it’s

xuān

Looks like a person beside a mysterious thread —

xiàn

This character hasn’t been used in everyday speec

This 'cautious' character isn't about avoiding dan

xx

This character’s bronze-age plough-and-field pict

This obscure character isn’t just ‘a Jiangxi per

xún

偱 is a ghost character — a forgotten variant of

xiè

It's not a character — it's a phantom glyph with

xié

This 'together' character hides a Bronze Age hands

xùn

This 'quick' character hides a timekeeping secret:

This 'still' isn’t about waiting — it’s the sac

xíng

This 'shape' character doesn’t depict contours —

xiān

佡 is a linguistic ghost — a character invented b

xián

Born from 'bowstring' + 'person', 伭 isn’t just c

xǐn

This 4-stroke character looks like two people shri

xué

This zero-stroke character doesn’t exist — 乴 is

xiàn

This 'filling' character hides a double life: it’

xiá

This 17-stroke character began as a bronze-age ske

This 'crack' character hides a strategic worldview

xiàn

Its ancient form shows a person plunging headfirst

xiāng

This 22-stroke metal-character hides a Warring Sta

xiù

Its right side means 'excellence' — yet it names

xián

This character began as a horse’s metal bit—and

xìn

This 'quarrel' character contains actual blood (血

This character isn’t just ‘drunk’ — its very s

xùn

This 'abdication' character hides a walking radica

xiá

This 'linchpin' character began as a literal metal

xián

Though it looks like a simple 'shell + person,' 贤

xié

This 'harmony' character secretly began as 'everyo

xùn

This sleek 5-stroke character began as a bronze-ag