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.

匾

biǎn

This 'tablet' character hides a carpenter’s bluep

匕

bǐ

This two-stroke 'dagger' is the oldest surviving C

刨

bào

This 7-stroke character looks like a wrapped knife

冫

bīng

This 'ice radical' isn't just about cold — it's a

兡

bai3ke4

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

儦

biāo

This 'walking to and fro' character hides three an

儤

bào

A bureaucratic fossil — this 17-stroke character

傧

bīn

This 'best man' character hasn’t changed in 2,500

僰

bó

This 21-stroke rarity isn’t just a name — it’s

偝

bèi

Its ancient form shows two people turning away —

佰

bǎi

This ‘hundred’ doesn’t count people — it guard

伻

bēng

This rare character hides a blazing torch (丙) ins

丷

bā

It looks like 'eight' and sounds like 'eight' — b

驳

bó

Though it means 'variegated,' 驳 evolved from 'pie

颁

bān

Its 'page' radical (页) doesn’t mean paper — it

霸

bà

Originally a bronze-age symbol of lightning-strike

雹

báo

Its lower half ‘包’ doesn’t mean ‘wrap’ here

鄙

bǐ

Originally a map of grain-storing frontier towns,

迸

bèng

Its radical is 'walking,' yet it means 'burst fort

辫

biàn

This 17-stroke character hides a political lightni

辨

biàn

This 16-stroke character began as twin judges wiel

辟

bì

This 'king' character isn’t crowned — it’s arme

蹦

bèng

Its right side is 崩 — meaning 'to collapse' — b

贬

biǎn

Born from ancient shell-money accounting, 贬 evolv

谤

bàng

Originally a bronze-age visual pun — 'speech (言)

蔽

bì

A grass radical growing over 'broken cloth' — thi

舶

bó

Though it looks like 'boat + white,' 舶 isn’t abo

臂

bì

Its 17 strokes map the human arm's anatomy so prec

胞

bāo

This 'placenta' character doesn’t just name an or

罢

bà

Originally a net trapping motion, 罢 evolved from

绑

bǎng

Its right side hides 邦 (‘state’) — revealing t

簸

bǒ

A 19-stroke bamboo basket throwing grain skyward

磅

bàng

This 'scale' character hides a thunderous origin:

碑

bēi

This 'monument' character hides a humble origin: i

痹

bì

This ‘paralysis’ character originated as a picto

疤

bā

This 'scar' character hides a snake-shaped 巴 clin

甭

béng

This character doesn’t exist in ancient inscripti

瓣

bàn

This 'petal' character started as a sliced gourd

狈

bèi

This 7-stroke character depicts a mythical cripple

爆

bào

Born from popping rice grains in fire, this 19-str