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.

哢

lòng

A dragon’s roar trapped in a mouth: this rare, vi

哞

mōu

This nine-stroke 'moo' isn't just cute — it's the

哐

kuāng

This 9-stroke ‘mouth’ character doesn’t come fr

哏

gén

Born in Beijing opera scripts as a stage-direction

哋

dì

This character doesn’t exist in Mandarin—it’s C

哃

tóng

A phonosemantic oddball born in Yuan theater — mo

哂

shěn

This 'smile' isn't warm — it's Confucius's raised

咿

yī

This delicate 9-stroke character isn’t just ‘squ

咾

lǎo

This 9-stroke mouth-character isn’t ‘old’—it’

呙

wāi

呙 is a forgotten twin of 歪 — same sound, same m

咻

xiū

This 'shoo!' character isn’t just sound — it’s

咺

xuǎn

This 'character' has zero strokes and zero existen

咹

è

This 'character' has zero strokes, no radical, and

咷

táo

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

咴

huī

A literary 'neigh' born not from horse pictures bu

咯

luò

This 'mouth + each' character visually enacts phle

咮

zhòu

This rare, literary character for 'bird's beak' hi

咫

zhǐ

This 'handspan' character hides an ancient body-me

咪

mī

This 'cat-call' character isn’t ancient — it’s

咩

miē

This character is a rare 'sound portrait': 口 + 羊

咧

liě

This mouth-splitting character looks like 'mouth +

咦

yí

This 'surprise' interjection isn’t ancient—it’s

咥

dié

This 9-stroke 'gnaw' character hides ancient teeth

咣

guāng

This 'bang' isn't written — it's performed: a lat

咢

è

This 'drum-beating' character hides a secret: its

咠

qì

This 9-stroke whisper hides a kneeling beggar in i

咚

dōng

This booming onomatopoeia has no ancient roots —

咗

zuǒ

This 'character' has zero strokes — it's not anci

咕

gū

Though it looks like 'ancient mouth', 咕 isn’t hi

咒

zhòu

This 'incantation' character fuses mouth (口) and

咑

dā

A 20th-century comic-book invention — not ancient

咎

jiù

This 'blame' character hides a kneeling, ritually

咍

hāi

This 'hāi' character isn't 'happy' — it's a ghos

咈

fú

A rare, thunderous 'NO' carved in ink — 咈 isn’t

咇

bì

This 'fragrant' character looks like a mouth sayin

咆

páo

This roaring mouth + wrapping bagel character look

咅

pǒu

This rare, 8-stroke interjection isn’t just 'pooh

咄

duō

This eight-stroke ‘tut!’ was born as a pictograp

咂

zā

This 8-stroke 'sip' character hides a sonic secret

咁

gān

This 'character' has zero strokes because it's not