Chinese Characters Starting with "L 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.

泐

lè

This 'writing' character has a water radical not b

沴

lì

This character looks like water holding a knife —

氯

lu:4

Invented in 1868 to translate 'chlorine', this cha

殓

liàn

This character’s 11 strokes encode a 2,500-year-o

欙

léi

This 'sedan' character hides thunder in its struct

榄

lǎn

This ‘olive’ character refuses to stand alone —

栾

luán

This elegant 10-stroke character isn’t just a tre

欐

lì

This 'beam' character hides a blade in its structu

棂

líng

This 'lattice' character hides a carpenter’s blue

栊

lóng

This ‘window’ isn’t glass and steel—it’s hand

枥

lì

This character looks like an oak tree standing tal

栌

lú

This unassuming 9-stroke character hides inside ev

栎

lì

Though it looks like a simple tree character, 栎 h

榈

lu:2

This elegant palm-tree character hides a linguisti

橹

lǔ

This 'scull' character hides a fish-trap glyph ins

檑

léi

This 17-stroke character looks like 'thunder + woo

檩

lǐn

Born from ancient torchlight reflecting off roof b

樏

léi

This 'mountain chair' character hides terraced fie

梿

lián

This 11-stroke character hides a kinetic secret: i

榴

liú

This ‘pomegranate’ character hides a Persian imp

榔

láng

This 'tall tree' character is most famous for nami

楝

liàn

This 'bitter tree' character hides a phonetic secr

楋

là

This 'tree' character hides a frozen phonetic secr

棱

léng

Born as a carpenter’s symbol for a squared timber

梩

lí

This 'earth basket' character hides a sharp truth:

梠

lu:3

This obscure 'eave beam' character hides a poetic

栵

lì

This rare character hides a pastoral secret: its s

栳

lǎo

This 'basket' character hides a wooden skeleton —

栃

lì

This forgotten oak-character hides in ancient bric

柳

liǔ

This 'willow' character began as ancient calligrap

柃

líng

A botanical ghost character: visually built for tr

暸

liáo

This 'bright' character isn't about light bulbs—i

昤

līng

This 'character' doesn't officially exist — 昤 is

旒

liú

This 13-stroke character isn’t just ‘tassel’ —

敛

liǎn

This 11-stroke character began as a pictograph of

敹

liáo

A forgotten silk-and-tool glyph meaning 'to tend h

揽

lǎn

Though it looks like 'viewing' (览), 揽 is all abo

挛

luán

This 10-stroke character began as a hand twisting

攋

là

This 'destroy' character isn’t drawn from fire or

攂

léi

This 'beat' character vanished from daily use cent