Chinese Characters Starting with "B 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.

沘

bǐ

This river-name character hides a sonic secret: it

汴

biàn

This 7-stroke river name hides a phonetic fossil:

汳

biàn

A river so ancient it vanished from the land—and

毖

bì

This 'careful' isn’t casual — it’s Confucian-gr

殡

bìn

This character hides a profound Confucian paradox:

欂

bó

This ultra-rare character survives unchanged for 2

楅

bì

A 3,000-year-old pictograph of a horn-mounted ox y

椑

bēi

A scientifically crafted character — born not fro

梐

bì

This 'stockade' character hides a bee in its wood

梆

bāng

This 10-stroke character isn’t just ‘wood’ + ‘

桲

bó

This 11-stroke character is a rare, unchanging fos

栟

bīng

A rare, hyper-specific botanical character — inve

柲

bì

A rare, precise character encoding ancient Chinese

柏

bǎi

Though it looks like 'white tree,' 柏 is actually

柄

bǐng

This 'handle' character hides a royal secret: in a

杷

bà

Though obscure today, 杷 began as a vivid pictogra

杓

biāo

This seven-stroke character isn’t just ‘spoon ha

朳

bā

This 'tree' is actually a wooden rake — its shape

晡

bū

This '3–5 p.m.' character isn’t just a time slot

昺

bǐng

This 'bright' character hides a secret: it’s buil

昪

biàn

This 'bright' character isn't about light bulbs or

昄

bǎn

This 'great' isn’t about size — it’s the sacred

斒

bān

This rare literary character — appearing only in

毙

bì

This 'die' character hides a battlefield secret: i

敝

bì

This 'my' isn’t possessive — it’s a linguistic

摈

bìn

Born from 'guest' but weaponized by 'hand,' this c

擘

bò

This 17-stroke 'thumb' character once depicted a h

摽

biāo

This character began as a hand flicking a banner—

摒

bìng

This 'discard' character hides a breath-holding se

搒

bàng

This 'row' character hides bamboo oars in its stro

掤

bīng

This character is a frozen snapshot of ancient Chi

捭

bǎi

This character looks like a hand (扌) splitting ‘

捗

bù

This character has zero strokes, zero historical a

捌

bā

This 'eight' isn't for counting — it's a 2,000-ye

抦

bǐng

This 'handle' doesn’t grip mugs—it grips power:

抃

biàn

This 7-stroke character hides a Warring States-era

扳

bān

This 7-stroke character hides ancient bronze-age e

愎

bì

This 12-stroke character hides a moral earthquake:

愊

bì

This rare character hides a walled-in heart — its

悖

bèi

A 10-stroke heart-radical character whose very sha