Chinese Characters Starting with "G 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.

泒

gū

This river character hides a melon in its water —

沽

gū

This 'buy' character hides a double life: in class

汩

gǔ

This 7-stroke water character looks serene but hid

汞

gǒng

This 'water-metal' character hides a Daoist parado

氿

guǐ

Five strokes depict water bursting from mountain r

櫜

gāo

This rare, wooden 'weapon case' character hides a

桧

guì

This 'meeting-tree' (桧) isn’t about gatherings

檊

gàn

This obscure mulberry character hides two tiny dot

槻

guī

A rare, majestic tree-character hiding in plain si

椁

guǒ

This 12-stroke character hides a ritual secret: it

槁

gǎo

A 'tall tree' (高+木) that isn’t proud — it’s a

榾

gǔ

This 'scrap wood' character hides a poetic secret:

榦

gàn

This 'trunk' character hides a drought in its bone

椝

guī

This character doesn’t exist in real life — it’

棺

guān

This 'coffin' character hides a sealed wooden box

梗

gěng

Looks like 'wood + more', but this 11-stroke chara

梏

gù

This 'wood + solid' character was born as imperial

桄

guàng

A 10-stroke character born from wood + light-sound

桂

guì

This ‘cassia’ character hides a jade tablet (圭)

栱

gǒng

This 'post' isn’t standing upright—it’s a curve

栝

guā

This 'juniper' character hides a woodworking secre

柑

gān

This character literally fuses 'tree' and 'sweet'

枸

gōu

This ‘bent’ character hides in plain sight — no

杲

gǎo

A sun blazing above a tree — this 8-stroke charac

暠

gǎo

暠 is the elegant, archaic twin of 皓 — same 'bri

晷

guǐ

This 12-stroke 'sundial' character encodes ancient

旰

gàn

This 'sunset' character hides a drought glyph — i

攰

guì

This 12-stroke character hides a collapsed human f

擖

gě

This rare character looks like 'hand + ancient' bu

擀

gǎn

This 16-stroke character looks like a hand grippin

掼

guàn

This 11-stroke character looks like a hand slammin

掴

guāi

This 'slap' character hides a melon — not as food

搿

gé

This character looks like two arms locking — and

挌

gé

This 'fight' character isn’t drawn with swords or

拱

gǒng

This 9-stroke character began as a bronze-age draw

扢

gǔ

A six-stroke 'cleaning' character that vanished fr

戤

gài

A 13-stroke legal landmine: this rare character su

戈

gē

This 4-stroke character is a 3,200-year-old bronze

戆

gàng

A 25-stroke heart-radical character meaning 'stupi

惈

guǒ

Looks like 'heart + fruit' — because in ancient C