Chinese Characters Starting with "F 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.

沷

fā

This rare, water-powered exorcism character looks

汾

fén

This 7-stroke river name has flowed unchanged for

氟

fú

Born in the 1880s as a scientific loan-character,

櫠

fèi

A 19-stroke botanical specialist — the only Chine

橎

fǎn

A rare tree name born from linguistic alchemy: 木

橃

fá

This ‘large boat’ character hides a phonetic rus

樊

fán

This ‘fence’ character is actually a double-wood

榧

fěi

A tree named after a bandit: 榧 uses the ‘bandit

枫

fēng

This 'maple' character is literally 'wind-tree' —

棼

fén

This 12-stroke 'beam' character looks like carpent

棻

fēn

This 12-stroke character hides a 2,300-year-old ol

棐

fěi

This unassuming character names a single sacred tr

桴

fú

This ‘beam’ character hides a secret: its right

柎

fū

This rare botanical character hides a secret: its

枹

fū

This rare tree-character hides a 2,200-year-old bo

枋

fāng

Though it looks like ‘square wood’ (方 + 木), 枋

朏

fěi

This elegant, obsolete character names the exact m

朆

fēn

This 'character' doesn’t exist in dictionaries —

昉

fǎng

This elegant 'dawn' character hides a cosmic secre

旛

fān

This 'pennant' character hides a cosmic secret: it

斧

fǔ

This 'hatchet' character hides a phonetic secret:

斐

fěi

Its right side 非 originally depicted symmetrical

摓

féng

This 'wide' character isn’t about size—it’s abo

拊

fǔ

This 'pat' isn't casual — it's a ritual stroke fr

拂

fú

Its eight strokes hide a feather-brush — born fro

払

fǎn

This five-stroke character looks like a hand turni

扉

fēi

This 'door' isn’t built for crowds — it’s a sol

悱

fěi

This character captures the exact Confucian moment

怫

fèi

This character’s 8 strokes hide a literary time c

忿

fèn

This 'divided heart' character doesn’t mean every

忛

fān

A phantom character — 忛 is a centuries-old scrib

弣

fǔ

This 'zero-stroke' character hides in plain sight:

弗

fú

This 'not' isn’t casual—it’s a bound bow from 3

幩

fén

This rare character preserves a vanished world: ev

幡

fān

This 'banner' character hides a spiritual secret:

帗

fú

This 8-stroke character looks like 'silk + dispel'

巿

fú

A 4-stroke relic of Zhou dynasty court attire — v

屝

fèi

Born from a bronze-age image of a person sweeping

尃

fū

This 10-stroke character looks like a hand holding

孵

fū

This character began as a hen’s arched back warmi