Chinese Characters Starting with "ALL"

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

又

yòu

This two-stroke 'again' began as a full pictograph

参

cān

This 'participation' character began as an ancient

卡

kǎ

This 5-stroke character didn’t exist in ancient d

半

bàn

This 'half' character began as a carved line split

包

bāo

Born as a pictograph of a fetus in the womb, this

努

nǔ

This 'exert' character hides a slave (奴) under a

刚

gāng

Born from ancient sword-forging on mountain ridges

刻

kè

This 'quarter-hour' character began as a knife car

刷

shuā

This 'brush' character evolved from a bronze-age s

刮

guā

This 'scrape' character once depicted a hand gripp

冰

bīng

This 6-stroke character began as wavy oracle bone

冬

dōng

This 'winter' character began as a pictograph of a

冒

mào

This character has no bottom stroke — because wha

典

diǎn

Its oracle bone form showed hands lifting a sacred

元

yuán

This four-stroke character began as a giant crowne

像

xiàng

This character began as a ritual statue — now it

伞

sǎn

This ‘umbrella’ hides a 2,000-year-old visual pu

健

jiàn

This 'healthy' character hides a drummer’s hand a

假

jiǎ

This 'fake' character began as a priest stepping i

借

jiè

This 'borrow' character hides a time-traveling mea

信

xìn

This 'letter' character literally means 'person sp

位

wèi

Originally a pictograph of a person standing on hi

干

gān

This sleek 3-stroke character began as a spear —

乎

hū

This 5-stroke particle looks like a sigh — and fu

久

jiǔ

This three-stroke character began as a kneeling pe

世

shì

Born as three horizontal lines for grandfather-fat

且

qiě

Born as a sacred ancestral altar carved in bone, t

心

xīn

This four-stroke 'heart' isn't just anatomy — it'

数

shù

Originally a hand tallying sticks while stepping

重

zhòng

Originally a person standing on a mound to show de

相

xiāng

This 'each other' character hides an ancient looko

平

píng

Originally a bronze-age diagram of level ground,

其

qí

This 'his' isn’t about ownership — it’s a liter

应

yīng

This 'should' character began as a kneeling person

把

bǎ

This 7-stroke character started as a hand gripping

业

yè

Born as a loom frame in ancient bronzes, 业 evolve

当

dāng

Originally a bronze-age image of a blade intercept

加

jiā

This 'add' character hides a bronze-age image of f

实

shí

Originally a pictograph of grain stored safely und

理

lǐ

Born as a picture of jade’s inner grain, 理 evolv