Chinese Characters Starting with "C 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.

嚓

cā

This 17-stroke sound-effect character uses the 'ob

噌

cēng

This 15-stroke mouth-shouting character doesn’t m

噇

chuáng

A mouth plus biceps — this character doesn’t jus

嘬

chuài

This 'mouth + most' character visually screams 'ex

嗤

chī

This character looks like a mouth rejecting nonsen

嗔

chēn

This 'anger' character hides a Buddhist bomb: its

啻

chì

This 'only' doesn’t stand alone — it’s a classi

啜

chuò

This 11-stroke 'sip' character hides a Bronze Age

啐

cuì

This 11-stroke character looks like a mouth slammi

哧

chī

This 'giggle' character isn't about joy — it's a

呲

cī

This 'scolding' character isn’t ancient — it’s

吋

cùn

This 'inch' character wasn't inherited from antiqu

叱

chì

This 5-stroke character hides a whip inside its 's

厝

cuò

This character looks like a cliff sheltering effor

劖

chán

This rare character looks like a Zen master but ca

剿

chāo

This 'plagiarism' character began as a pictograph

铲

chǎn

This 11-stroke character is a metallurgical master

剒

cuò

A forgotten blade in Chinese script: 剒 isn’t jus

锉

cuò

This ‘fracture’ character isn’t about breaking

刌

cǔn

This 'zero-stroke' character—actually 5 strokes—

凔

cāng

This 'cold' character isn’t about shivering — it

儳

chàn

This 'irregular' character hides in plain sight: a

儭

chèn

This rarely used character hides in Buddhist inscr

侪

chái

This 8-stroke character looks like 'person + evenn

俦

chóu

Though it looks like 'person + longevity,' 俦 isn

儊

chù

儊 is not a real Chinese character — it’s a digi

儃

chán

A rare, poetic character born in Han texts — its

僝

chán

This character looks like 'a weak person' but mean

傺

chì

This character looks like a person (亻) kneeling b

伧

cāng

Born from 4th-century cultural snobbery, this 6-st

偲

cāi

A rare literary gem: its ‘person + thought’ shap

偨

cī

A rare literary character whose very shape — a pe

偢

chǒu

This character doesn’t exist — it’s a ghost gly

倅

cuì

This 'deputy' character 倅 (cuì) has zero strokes

伥

chāng

This six-stroke character depicts a human radical

俶

chù

This rare character hides a ritual secret: its sha

侘

chà

A 2,300-year-old 'I-speak' glyph — the only Chine

佽

cì

This rare, elegant character hides a warrior’s gr

佌

cǐ

A rare, razor-sharp classical character meaning 'p

亍

chù

This three-stroke character encodes ancient ritual