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PINYIN INITIAL

Chinese characters: M

392 characters ordered by pinyin.

13 strokes

raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

ḿ8 strokes

interjection expressing consent

6 strokes

ma

13 strokes

Chinese character

11 strokes

generic name for hemp, flax etc

13 strokes

leprosy

ma16 strokes

toad

3 strokes

horse

6 strokes

mammoth

7 strokes

agate; cornelian

8 strokes

weight

9 strokes

used in 螞蟥|蚂蟥[ma3huang2]

10 strokes

Chinese character

14 strokes

Chinese character

15 strokes

Chinese character

16 strokes

Chinese character

7 strokes

headboard

9 strokes

to scold

14 strokes

Chinese character

15 strokes

Chinese character

ma6 strokes

(coll.) what?

13 strokes

Chinese character

ma14 strokes

used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]

mái10 strokes

to bury

mái22 strokes

haze

mǎi6 strokes

to buy

mǎi9 strokes

used in 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[qu3mai5cai4]

mǎi12 strokes

Chinese character

mǎi16 strokes

Chinese character

mài5 strokes

put forth effort

mài6 strokes

to take a step

mài7 strokes

wheat; barley; oats

mài8 strokes

to sell

mài9 strokes

arteries and veins

mài10 strokes

mark (loanword)

mài10 strokes

Chinese character

mài11 strokes

Chinese character

mài15 strokes

Chinese character

mài16 strokes

Chinese character

mài17 strokes

old variant of 霢[mai4]

mài18 strokes

used in 霢霂[mai4mu4]

màn14 strokes

(dialect) girl

mān16 strokes

dawdling

mán12 strokes

barbarian

mán14 strokes

used in 饅頭|馒头[man2tou5]

mán15 strokes

to conceal from

mán16 strokes

Chinese character

mán16 strokes

Chinese character

mán18 strokes

Chinese character

mán19 strokes

Chinese character

mán19 strokes

(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)

mán22 strokes

Chinese character

mán25 strokes

Chinese character

mǎn13 strokes

to fill

滿mǎn14 strokes

Chinese character

mǎn16 strokes

mite

mǎn17 strokes

Chinese character

màn11 strokes

handsome

màn13 strokes

to slander

màn14 strokes

to plaster

màn14 strokes

curtain

màn14 strokes

slow

màn14 strokes

free

màn14 strokes

plain thin silk

màn14 strokes

creeper

màn15 strokes

used in 爛熳|烂熳[lan4man4]

màn16 strokes

side of coin without words

màn17 strokes

Chinese character

máng5 strokes

Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

máng6 strokes

Chinese character

máng6 strokes

busy

máng6 strokes

Chinese character

máng6 strokes

awn (of cereals)

méng7 strokes

old variant of 龐|庞[pang2]

máng8 strokes

used in 流氓[liu2mang2]

máng8 strokes

blind

máng9 strokes

vast, with no clear boundary

máng11 strokes

crude saltpeter

máng12 strokes

sharp point

máng15 strokes

Chinese character

mǎng10 strokes

(bound form) dense growth of grass

mǎng13 strokes

vast

mǎng16 strokes

python

māo11 strokes

cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

māo16 strokes

Chinese character

máo4 strokes

hair

máo5 strokes

spear

máo8 strokes

yak (Bos grunniens)

máo8 strokes

reeds

máo8 strokes

type of water plant

máo10 strokes

banner decorated with animal's tail

máo11 strokes

used in 酕醄[mao2tao2]

máo13 strokes

anchor

máo14 strokes

bang (hair)

máo15 strokes

Chinese character

máo15 strokes

Chinese character

máo17 strokes

Chinese character

máo17 strokes

Spanish fly

mǎo5 strokes

mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)

mǎo8 strokes

round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)

mǎo8 strokes

still water

mǎo9 strokes

the Pleiades

mǎo10 strokes

to fasten with rivets

mǎo13 strokes

Chinese character

mào7 strokes

Chinese character

mào8 strokes

luxuriant

mào9 strokes

to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)

mào9 strokes

commerce

mào10 strokes

extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s)

mào11 strokes

length

mào12 strokes

hat

貿mào12 strokes

Chinese character

mào13 strokes

Cydonia japonica

mào13 strokes

(jade)

mào14 strokes

indistinct vision

mào14 strokes

appearance

mào17 strokes

to be hardworking

me3 strokes

exclamatory final particle

14 strokes

Chinese character

méi7 strokes

Chinese character

méi7 strokes

drowned

méi8 strokes

classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4])

méi8 strokes

(fine jade)

méi9 strokes

eyebrow

méi10 strokes

berry

méi11 strokes

plum

méi11 strokes

meat on the back of an animal

méi12 strokes

medium

méi12 strokes

used in 峨嵋山[E2 mei2 Shan1]

méi12 strokes

brink

méi12 strokes

used for ferret, badger or mongoose

méi13 strokes

lintel

méi13 strokes

coal

méi14 strokes

enzyme

méi14 strokes

americium (chemistry)

méi14 strokes

babbler (bird)

méi15 strokes

mold

méi23 strokes

Chinese character

měi7 strokes

each

měi9 strokes

beautiful

měi10 strokes

to ask a favor of

měi14 strokes

magnesium (chemistry)

měi17 strokes

Chinese character

mèi8 strokes

younger sister

mèi9 strokes

to conceal

mèi9 strokes

sleeve of a robe

mèi12 strokes

flatter

mèi12 strokes

to sleep soundly

mèi14 strokes

demon

mén3 strokes

gate

mén6 strokes

lay hands on

mén8 strokes

mendelevium (chemistry)

mén8 strokes

Chinese character

mén11 strokes

Chinese character

mēn7 strokes

stuffy

mèn11 strokes

to cook in a covered vessel

mèn12 strokes

Chinese character

mèn16 strokes

Chinese character

mèn17 strokes

melancholy

mèn18 strokes

Chinese character

men5 strokes

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

mén10 strokes

Chinese character

méng9 strokes

horsefly

měng10 strokes

old variant of 蒙[meng2]

méng11 strokes

(bound form) to sprout; to bud

méng13 strokes

oath

méng13 strokes

to deceive

méng14 strokes

rafters supporting tiles

méng15 strokes

eyesight obscured

méng17 strokes

Chinese character

méng17 strokes

Chinese character

méng18 strokes

twilight before dawn

méng17 strokes

used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2long2]

méng17 strokes

used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2meng2]

mēng19 strokes

Chinese character

méng18 strokes

(mineral)

méng19 strokes

ancient warship

měng10 strokes

meng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan)

měng11 strokes

ferocious

měng13 strokes

manganese (chemistry)

měng14 strokes

used in 舴艋[ze2meng3]

měng14 strokes

grasshopper

měng16 strokes

Chinese character

měng18 strokes

stupid

měng19 strokes

grasshopper

mèng8 strokes

first month of a season

mèng11 strokes

dream (CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4])

mèng14 strokes

Chinese character

9 strokes

sound for calling a cat

11 strokes

to narrow one's eyes

14 strokes

Chinese character

8 strokes

full

9 strokes

you (used to address a deity)

9 strokes

to bewilder

10 strokes

You

11 strokes

used in 獼猴|猕猴[mi2 hou2]

11 strokes

riddle

16 strokes

Chinese character

16 strokes

ether

17 strokes

Chinese character

17 strokes

rice gruel

17 strokes

to tie up

17 strokes

moose

18 strokes

Chinese character

19 strokes

extravagant

20 strokes

Chinese character

22 strokes

millet

6 strokes

rice

7 strokes

surname Mi

8 strokes

Chinese character

9 strokes

to stop

9 strokes

Mi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang 湘江

10 strokes

peaceful

10 strokes

amidine (chemistry)

2 strokes

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

6 strokes

fine silk

7 strokes

name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]

8 strokes

still

8 strokes

used in 泌陽|泌阳[Bi4yang2]

8 strokes

(literary) to seek

10 strokes

secret

11 strokes

secret

11 strokes

Chinese character

12 strokes

(math.) power; exponent

12 strokes

quiet

14 strokes

(phonetic) as in pyrimidine

14 strokes

honey

16 strokes

Chinese character

17 strokes

Chinese character

mián3 strokes

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

mián10 strokes

to sleep

mián11 strokes

silk floss

mián12 strokes

generic term for cotton or kapok

綿mián14 strokes

Chinese character

mián15 strokes

Chinese character

miǎn4 strokes

hidden from view

miǎn7 strokes

to excuse sb

miǎn7 strokes

inundation

miǎn9 strokes

to exhort

miǎn10 strokes

complaisant

miǎn11 strokes

crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations

miǎn11 strokes

name of a river in Shandong

miǎn12 strokes

drunk

miǎn12 strokes

distant

miǎn13 strokes

bashful

mǐn13 strokes

Chinese character

miǎn15 strokes

Chinese character

miǎn16 strokes

Chinese character

miǎn9 strokes

to ogle at

miàn9 strokes

face

miàn20 strokes

Chinese character

miāo11 strokes

(onom.) meow

miáo8 strokes

Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China

miáo11 strokes

to depict

miáo13 strokes

to take aim

miáo13 strokes

used in 鴯鶓|鸸鹋[er2miao2]

miáo20 strokes

Chinese character

miǎo8 strokes

the limit

miǎo9 strokes

blind in one eye

miǎo9 strokes

second (unit of time)

miǎo12 strokes

a flood

miǎo12 strokes

(of an expanse of water) vast

miǎo12 strokes

indistinct

miǎo15 strokes

Chinese character

miǎo17 strokes

to despise

miǎo17 strokes

profound

miào7 strokes

clever

miào8 strokes

temple

miào15 strokes

Chinese character

miē9 strokes

the bleating of sheep

miè5 strokes

to extinguish or put out

miè10 strokes

old variant of 滅|灭[mie4]

miè13 strokes

Chinese character

miè14 strokes

to belittle

miè17 strokes

the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip

miè20 strokes

minute flies

miè21 strokes

Chinese character

mín5 strokes

(bound form) the people

mín8 strokes

name of a river in Sichuan

mǐn8 strokes

disorderly

mín8 strokes

multitude

mín9 strokes

alabaster, jade-like stone

mín12 strokes

cord

mǐn5 strokes

(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container

mǐn7 strokes

surname Min

mǐn8 strokes

to smooth hair with a wet brush

mǐn8 strokes

(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate

miǎn8 strokes

toad

mǐn9 strokes

strong; robust; vigorous

mǐn9 strokes

short name for Fujian province 福建[Fu2 jian4]

mǐn10 strokes

to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for

mǐn11 strokes

(bound form) quick; nimble; agile

mǐn12 strokes

(ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs)

mǐn12 strokes

Chinese character

mǐn13 strokes

Chinese character

mín13 strokes

unhappy

mǐn14 strokes

Chinese character

mǐn15 strokes

Chinese character

mǐn19 strokes

cod

míng6 strokes

name

míng8 strokes

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

míng8 strokes

to cry (of birds, animals and insects)

míng9 strokes

Thea sinensis

míng10 strokes

dark

míng11 strokes

space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes

míng11 strokes

to engrave

míng13 strokes

to drizzle

14 strokes

lucky place

míng14 strokes

dark

míng14 strokes

Chinese character

míng14 strokes

Chinese character

míng15 strokes

to close (the eyes)

míng16 strokes

boring insect

mǐng13 strokes

used in 酩酊[ming3ding3]

mìng8 strokes

life

miù13 strokes

to deceive

miù18 strokes

Chinese character

13 strokes

to feel with the hand

12 strokes

plan

13 strokes

ugly woman

13 strokes

small loaf of steamed bread

14 strokes

(bound form) to imitate

14 strokes

to imitate

14 strokes

membrane

14 strokes

tiny

15 strokes

to rub

16 strokes

to rub

17 strokes

blurred

17 strokes

dialectal or obsolete equivalent of 媽|妈[ma1]

18 strokes

Chinese character

19 strokes

Chinese character

19 strokes

mushroom

20 strokes

(bound form) evil spirit; devil

8 strokes

to smear

5 strokes

tip

8 strokes

to end

8 strokes

foam

8 strokes

used in 茉莉[mo4li4]

8 strokes

raised path

10 strokes

feed a horse with grain

10 strokes

do not

11 strokes

to gaze

13 strokes

lonesome

13 strokes

desert

13 strokes

leap on or over

13 strokes

name of a wild tribe

15 strokes

distress

15 strokes

used in 鏌鋣|镆铘[Mo4ye2]

15 strokes

ink stick

16 strokes

silent

17 strokes

tapir

21 strokes

Chinese character

22 strokes

Chinese character

麿17 strokes

(Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic)

mōu9 strokes

moo (sound made by cow)

6 strokes

barley

móu8 strokes

similar

móu11 strokes

pupil (of the eye)

móu11 strokes

to plan

móu12 strokes

marine crab

miù14 strokes

surname Miao

máo14 strokes

spear

móu16 strokes

Chinese character

móu17 strokes

Chinese character

móu17 strokes

iron pot

mǒu9 strokes

some

10 strokes

a type of woolen fabric made in Tibet

5 strokes

mother

7 strokes

classifier for fields

7 strokes

(of a bird, animal or plant) male

8 strokes

Chinese character

8 strokes

woman who looks after small children

8 strokes

thumb

10 strokes

Chinese character

13 strokes

Chinese character

4 strokes

(bound form) tree

5 strokes

used in 仫佬族[Mu4 lao3 zu2], Mulao ethnic group of Guangxi

5 strokes

eye

7 strokes

to bathe

8 strokes

to herd

8 strokes

clover

10 strokes

molybdenum (chemistry)

12 strokes

to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist

13 strokes

grave

13 strokes

curtain or screen

13 strokes

amicable

14 strokes

to admire

14 strokes

evening

15 strokes

used in 霢霂[mai4mu4]

16 strokes

solemn

miǎn16 strokes

Chinese character

mín8 strokes

jade-like stone