Chinese Characters Starting with "X 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.

卌

xì

This elegant 'forty' is a 3,000-year-old tally mar

卂

xùn

A 3-stroke lightning bolt in character form — bor

匸

xì

This two-stroke radical isn’t just ‘cover’ — i

匣

xiá

This elegant 7-stroke 'box' hides a secret: its in

匈

xiōng

This six-stroke character was invented in the 1910

勋

xūn

Born as a bronze-age halberd over strength, 勋 has

勰

xié

This 15-stroke rarity hides three mouths, two hand

勗

xù

This rare, forceful 'xù' character — with its be

勖

xù

This rare, elegant character fuses ‘past wisdom’

凞

xī

This 'zero-stroke' character isn’t missing stroke

冔

xǔ

This character isn’t a word you’ll speak—it’s

儇

xuān

Looks like a person beside a mysterious thread —

僩

xiàn

This character hasn’t been used in everyday speec

僖

xī

This 'cautious' character isn't about avoiding dan

働

xx

This character’s bronze-age plough-and-field pict

傒

xī

This obscure character isn’t just ‘a Jiangxi per

偱

xún

偱 is a ghost character — a forgotten variant of

偰

xiè

It's not a character — it's a phantom glyph with

偕

xié

This 'together' character hides a Bronze Age hands

侚

xùn

This 'quick' character hides a timekeeping secret:

侐

xù

This 'still' isn’t about waiting — it’s the sac

侀

xíng

This 'shape' character doesn’t depict contours —

佡

xiān

佡 is a linguistic ghost — a character invented b

伭

xián

Born from 'bowstring' + 'person', 伭 isn’t just c

伈

xǐn

This 4-stroke character looks like two people shri

乴

xué

This zero-stroke character doesn’t exist — 乴 is

馅

xiàn

This 'filling' character hides a double life: it’

霞

xiá

This 17-stroke character began as a bronze-age ske

隙

xì

This 'crack' character hides a strategic worldview

陷

xiàn

Its ancient form shows a person plunging headfirst

镶

xiāng

This 22-stroke metal-character hides a Warring Sta

锈

xiù

Its right side means 'excellence' — yet it names

衔

xián

This character began as a horse’s metal bit—and

衅

xìn

This 'quarrel' character contains actual blood (血

酗

xù

This character isn’t just ‘drunk’ — its very s

逊

xùn

This 'abdication' character hides a walking radica

辖

xiá

This 'linchpin' character began as a literal metal

贤

xián

Though it looks like a simple 'shell + person,' 贤

谐

xié

This 'harmony' character secretly began as 'everyo

讯

xùn

This sleek 5-stroke character began as a bronze-ag