Chinese Characters Starting with "R 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.

汭

ruì

This rare character isn’t just ‘river bend’ —

汝

rǔ

This 'thou' hides water in its bones — three drop

氜

rì

A sun-shaped relic: 氜 (rì) is helium’s forgotte

氄

rǒng

This 'down' character hides an icy secret: its top

毧

róng

A rare, elegant character born from ‘feather’ +

榕

róng

This character looks like a tree holding space —

棯

rěn

This 'jujube tree' character hides an ancient visu

枘

ruì

This unassuming 8-stroke character hides China’s

朊

ruǎn

A 20th-century scientific neologism forged from 'f

曘

rú

This 'sun-color' character 曘 (rú) is so rare it

攘

rǎng

This 20-stroke character looks like a hand wrestli

擩

rǔ

This 'dip-and-stain' character looks like three fr

撋

ruán

This rare, poetic character hides a vivid bronze-a

捼

ruó

This obscure 'rub' character vanished from daily u

挼

ruá

This 'crumple' character hides a 2,300-year-old te

戎

róng

This six-stroke character began as a kneeling warr

孺

rú

This 'child' character hides a rainstorm in its st

娆

ráo

Born from 'woman' + 'noble ruler', 娆 isn’t just

妊

rèn

This elegant 7-stroke character merges 'woman' and

壬

rén

This 'pillar' character — just four strokes — si

壖

ruán

This rare character hides a brilliant spatial conc

堧

ruán

This rare character hides a geomantic secret: its

嚅

rú

A 17-stroke mouth-plus-need compound that doesn’t

嗕

rù

This character isn’t used in speech or writing to

叒

ruò

This six-stroke character is a triple-hand pictogr

勷

ráng

This ultra-rare character hides in classical texts

刃

rèn

This 3-stroke character began as a dot placed exac

冗

rǒng

This 4-stroke character began as a pictograph of f

冉

rǎn

This 5-stroke character began as a precise drawing

偌

ruò

This 'so' character isn’t just an intensifier —

仞

rèn

This five-stroke character looks like a person wit

亻

rén

This two-stroke radical isn't spoken aloud — it's

饶

ráo

A food radical (饣) fused with sage-king Yao (尧):

饪

rèn

This 7-stroke character hides a Warring States-era

韧

rèn

Born from ancient leather-tanning and blade-crafti

锐

ruì

Born from metal and articulate speech, 锐 fuses bl

辱

rǔ

Its radical 辰 once symbolized the Dragon Star gov

融

róng

Born as 'steam rising from a ritual cauldron,' thi

若

ruò

Originally a ritual bow depicted in oracle bone sc

绒

róng

Though it means 'velvet,' 绒 originated as a word