Browse "HSK6" Characters

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

拖

tuō

Its ancient form pictured a hand dragging a ceremo

拓

tà

This 8-stroke character looks like a hand pressing

拌

bàn

This 'mixing' character hides a rebellious origin:

抛

pāo

Originally picturing a hand scattering ash, 抛 evo

拄

zhǔ

Looks like 'hand + master' — but it’s really 'ha

抹

mā

This ‘wipe’ character hides a poetic secret: its

抵

dǐ

Though it means 'to press against', 抵 also means

抗

kàng

Originally a carpenter’s glyph showing a hand bra

抒

shū

Though it looks like a simple hand gesture, 抒 hid

抑

yì

Born from a hand pressing down on a kneeling perso

扯

chě

This 'pull' character originated as a hand yanking

扭

niǔ

Born from a pictograph of a hand wrestling a twist

扣

kòu

This 6-stroke hand-radical character began as a pi

扛

gāng

This six-stroke character looks like a hand grippi

扒

bā

A five-stroke hand radical + 'split' glyph that lo

扎

zhā

One tiny character — four strokes — holds two cl

扁

biǎn

A ‘door’ radical enclosing flattened bamboo slip

截

jié

Though it looks like 'sun' under an 'axe', 截 was

悬

xuán

Though it contains 心 ('heart'), 悬 isn’t about e

惩

chéng

Its 心 (heart) radical reveals Chinese punishment

蒙

měng

This grass-topped character (13 strokes) once mean

宪

xiàn

Originally 'first standard under shelter' — now t

愤

fèn

This character visually fuses 'heart' and 'vigorou

惮

dàn

This 'dread' character hides a hunting net (単) ov

憋

biē

Its top half '敝' looks like a collapsing umbrella

惫

bèi

Its right side 夂 isn’t just ‘a foot’ — it’s

忧

yōu

This 7-stroke character began as a bronze-age imag

欲

yù

This character’s 11 strokes secretly depict a kne

惨

cǎn

Its right side '参' once depicted three stars — n

慈

cí

This ‘compassion’ character hides a mother cradl

愣

lèng

This 'distracted' character hides a secret: its ri

愚

yú

This 'foolish' character hides a monkey-shaped top

愈

yù

Though it looks like a sick person (疒) with a hea

惹

rě

Though it looks like 'if' + 'heart', this characte

蠢

chǔn

This 'stupid' character hides three worms — its 2

惰

duò

This 'lazy' character hides a moral earthquake: it

惦

diàn

This character looks like a heart stepping into a

惑

huò

This 'confusion' character literally cages the min

惋

wǎn

This character’s right side (宛) once depicted a

悼

dào

This character fuses ‘heart’ with ‘lofty’ — n