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PINYIN INITIAL

Chinese characters: Q

452 characters ordered by pinyin.

qín11 strokes

Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)

qián9 strokes

Chinese character

qióng16 strokes

(used in names)

3 strokes

surname Ji

9 strokes

used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2qi2]

qié8 strokes

phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common

qiáng16 strokes

Chinese character

qiū12 strokes

marsh

qiáo9 strokes

highest peak

qīn8 strokes

Chinese character

què12 strokes

surname Jue

2 strokes

seven

7 strokes

to steep (tea)

8 strokes

wife

9 strokes

seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

10 strokes

intense cold

10 strokes

to perch

10 strokes

alder

11 strokes

Chinese character

11 strokes

(bound form) relatives; kin

11 strokes

Chinese character

11 strokes

Chinese character

11 strokes

Celosia argentea

12 strokes

a period of time

12 strokes

Chinese character

12 strokes

interjection

12 strokes

to take unfair advantage of

14 strokes

whispering sound

榿14 strokes

Chinese character

14 strokes

paint

15 strokes

Chinese character

17 strokes

used in 蹊蹺|蹊跷[qi1qiao1]

4 strokes

his

6 strokes

large

6 strokes

neat

7 strokes

boundary

7 strokes

surname Qi

7 strokes

Chinese character

8 strokes

his

8 strokes

strange

8 strokes

divergent

8 strokes

god of the earth

8 strokes

to implore

10 strokes

man of sixty or seventy

10 strokes

(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus

10 strokes

tall

11 strokes

headland

11 strokes

mountainous

11 strokes

name of a river

11 strokes

small plot of farm land

11 strokes

stalks of pulse

11 strokes

sixth (extra) toe

11 strokes

(literary) black horse

11 strokes

to sit astride

12 strokes

chess

12 strokes

(literary) fine jade

12 strokes

(literary) fine jade

12 strokes

auspicious

12 strokes

used in 蠐螬|蛴螬[qi2 cao2]

14 strokes

banner

14 strokes

dark gray

14 strokes

used in 蟛蜞[peng2qi2]

14 strokes

Chinese character

15 strokes

(herb)

16 strokes

used in 鯕鰍|鲯鳅[qi2qiu1]

18 strokes

Chinese character

18 strokes

Chinese character

18 strokes

fin

20 strokes

Chinese character

19 strokes

Chinese character

19 strokes

used in 麒麟[qi2lin2]

21 strokes

Chinese character

3 strokes

to beg

6 strokes

(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to

6 strokes

(literary) a barren hill

6 strokes

old variant of 愷|恺[kai3]

6 strokes

Panicum miliaceum

7 strokes

to open

7 strokes

Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state

10 strokes

Chinese character

10 strokes

to rise

11 strokes

Chinese character

11 strokes

Chinese character

11 strokes

beautiful

14 strokes

Chinese character

4 strokes

gas; air

5 strokes

finished

6 strokes

near

6 strokes

as yet

7 strokes

to abandon

7 strokes

steam

8 strokes

to sob

9 strokes

to whisper

9 strokes

to carve

9 strokes

to build by laying bricks or stones

10 strokes

Chinese character

10 strokes

Chinese character

12 strokes

Chinese character

12 strokes

to repair

13 strokes

(bound form) moraine; rocks in shallow water

15 strokes

maple

16 strokes

device

16 strokes

to rest

qiā11 strokes

to pick (flowers)

qiā12 strokes

Chinese character

qià9 strokes

exactly

qià9 strokes

accord

qià18 strokes

ilium

qiān3 strokes

thousand

qiān5 strokes

thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

qiān5 strokes

road leading north and south

qiān6 strokes

short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc

qiān6 strokes

green

qiān6 strokes

to move

qiān7 strokes

all

qiān7 strokes

name of a mountain

qiān7 strokes

marsh

qiān8 strokes

Chinese character

qiān8 strokes

a drill (for boring through rock)

qiān9 strokes

to lead along

qiān10 strokes

stingy

qiān10 strokes

old variant of 鉛|铅[qian1]

qiān11 strokes

Chinese character

qiān11 strokes

Chinese character

qiān12 strokes

modest

qiān12 strokes

old variant of 沿[yan2]

qiān13 strokes

Chinese character

qiān13 strokes

fault

qiān13 strokes

to sign one's name

qiān13 strokes

Chinese character

qiān13 strokes

(literary) to hold high

qiān14 strokes

Chinese character

qiān14 strokes

to seize

qiān14 strokes

Chinese character

qiān16 strokes

to lift (clothes, sheets)

qiān17 strokes

Chinese character

qiān19 strokes

Chinese character

qiān20 strokes

Chinese character

qiān23 strokes

Chinese character

qiān23 strokes

Chinese character

qián8 strokes

pliers

qián9 strokes

front

qián9 strokes

latch of door

qián10 strokes

to act with reverence

qián10 strokes

coin

qián10 strokes

pincers

qián11 strokes

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven

qián11 strokes

to carry on the shoulder

qián13 strokes

Chinese character

qián14 strokes

pliers

qián15 strokes

Chinese character

qián15 strokes

hidden

qián16 strokes

Chinese character

qián16 strokes

abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]

qiǎn8 strokes

shallow

qiǎn8 strokes

(usu. of an animal) the part of the side of the body between the ribs and the hipbone

qiǎn11 strokes

Chinese character

qiǎn13 strokes

(bound form) to dispatch; to send

qiǎn15 strokes

to censure

qiǎn16 strokes

used in 繾綣|缱绻[qian3quan3]

qiǎn19 strokes

Chinese character

qiǎn20 strokes

Chinese character

qiàn4 strokes

to owe

qiàn7 strokes

Gorgon plant

qiàn9 strokes

(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)

qiàn10 strokes

pretty

qiàn11 strokes

(bound form) moat; chasm

qiàn12 strokes

to inlay

qiàn12 strokes

wooden tablet

qiè13 strokes

dissatisfied

qiàn14 strokes

Chinese character

qiàn14 strokes

to apologize

qiàn17 strokes

Chinese character

qiàng7 strokes

to irritate the nose

qiāng7 strokes

Qiang ethnic group of northwestern Sichuan

qiāng8 strokes

to kill

qiāng8 strokes

contrary

qiāng8 strokes

gun

qiāng12 strokes

(bound form) cavity

qiāng13 strokes

Chinese character

qiāng13 strokes

dung beetle

qiāng13 strokes

the color of a mineral

qiāng14 strokes

Chinese character

qiāng14 strokes

Chinese character

qiāng14 strokes

tinkling of small bells

qiāng17 strokes

Chinese character

qiǎng17 strokes

money

qiāng18 strokes

(manner of walking)

qiáng11 strokes

Chinese character

qiáng12 strokes

strong

qiáng14 strokes

wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3])

qiáng14 strokes

female court officials

qiáng14 strokes

used in 薔薇|蔷薇[qiang2 wei1]

qiáng15 strokes

boom

qiáng16 strokes

Chinese character

qiáng17 strokes

Chinese character

qiáng17 strokes

Chinese character

qiǎng7 strokes

to fight over

qiǎng11 strokes

hydroxyl (radical)

qiāng13 strokes

Chinese character

qiǎng13 strokes

Chinese character

qiǎng17 strokes

string of copper coins

qiàng8 strokes

to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc

qiàng11 strokes

stagger

qiāo10 strokes

quiet

qiāo11 strokes

stony soil

qiāo13 strokes

to raise one's foot

qiāo14 strokes

to neuter livestock

qiāo14 strokes

to hit

qiāo14 strokes

shovel

qiāo16 strokes

sled

qiāo16 strokes

hem with invisible stitches

qiāo17 strokes

Chinese character

qiāo19 strokes

Chinese character

qiáo6 strokes

surname Qiao

qiáo8 strokes

emigrant

qiáo9 strokes

common mallow (Malva sinensis)

qiáo10 strokes

bridge

qiáo12 strokes

Chinese character

qiáo14 strokes

Chinese character

qiáo14 strokes

ridicule

qiáo15 strokes

used in 憔悴[qiao2cui4]

qiáo16 strokes

Chinese character

qiáo15 strokes

the pommel and cantle of a saddle

qiáo16 strokes

firewood

qiáo16 strokes

Chinese character

qiáo17 strokes

to look at

qiǎo5 strokes

opportunely

qiǎo12 strokes

change countenance

qiào9 strokes

good-looking

qiào9 strokes

ridicule

qiào10 strokes

high and steep

qiào10 strokes

hole

qiào12 strokes

to stick up

qiào14 strokes

Chinese character

qiào15 strokes

to lift

qiào16 strokes

scabbard; sheath

qiào18 strokes

Chinese character

qiáo18 strokes

Chinese character

qiáo19 strokes

Chinese character

qiě5 strokes

and

qiè4 strokes

definitely; absolutely (not)

qiè8 strokes

concubine

qiè8 strokes

timid

qiè9 strokes

old variant of 篋|箧[qie4]

qiè9 strokes

to steal

qiè10 strokes

to raise

qiè11 strokes

cheerful

qiè12 strokes

Chinese character

qiè14 strokes

chest

qiè14 strokes

to cut

qiè15 strokes

Chinese character

qiè15 strokes

to walk with small steps

18 strokes

Chinese character

qiè17 strokes

Chinese character

qiè22 strokes

Chinese character

qīn9 strokes

parent

qīn9 strokes

to invade

qīn9 strokes

to respect

qīn10 strokes

coverlet

qīn12 strokes

Chinese character

qīn16 strokes

Chinese character

qín7 strokes

Phragmites japonica

qín7 strokes

Chinese celery

qín10 strokes

surname Qin

qín12 strokes

guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither)

qín12 strokes

generic term for birds and animals

qín13 strokes

diligent

qín13 strokes

used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin

qín15 strokes

to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)

qín15 strokes

to capture

qín16 strokes

used in 林檎[lin2qin2]

qín16 strokes

small cicada with a square head

qǐn12 strokes

to carve

qǐn13 strokes

(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest

qǐn14 strokes

Chinese character

qìn7 strokes

to vomit (of dogs and cats)

qìn7 strokes

to seep

qìn10 strokes

Chinese character

qìn12 strokes

to press (with one's hand or finger)

qìn15 strokes

Chinese character

qīng8 strokes

Chinese character

qīng8 strokes

green

qīng9 strokes

hydrogen (chemistry)

qīng9 strokes

light

qīng10 strokes

to overturn

qīng10 strokes

high ranking official (old)

qīng11 strokes

restroom

qīng11 strokes

Chinese character

qīng11 strokes

(of water etc) clear; clean

qīng13 strokes

Chinese character

qīng14 strokes

Chinese character

qīng14 strokes

Chinese character

qīng16 strokes

mackerel

qíng11 strokes

(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion

qíng12 strokes

clear

qíng12 strokes

cyanogen (CN)2

qíng16 strokes

to raise; to hold up; to lift up

qíng16 strokes

instrument for straightening bows

qíng20 strokes

surname Qing

qǐng8 strokes

Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti)

qǐng8 strokes

unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares

qǐng10 strokes

to ask

qǐng11 strokes

Chinese character

qǐng15 strokes

Chinese character

qìng6 strokes

to celebrate

qìng11 strokes

Chinese character

qìng14 strokes

embroidered banner

qìng15 strokes

Chinese character

qìng16 strokes

chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone

qìng17 strokes

to use up

qǐng18 strokes

cough slightly

qióng5 strokes

mound

qióng7 strokes

poor

qióng8 strokes

vault

qióng8 strokes

alone

qióng11 strokes

(in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff

qióng12 strokes

jasper

qióng12 strokes

anxious

qióng13 strokes

Chinese character

qióng13 strokes

Chinese character

qióng13 strokes

sound of footsteps

qióng14 strokes

eye of an axe

qióng15 strokes

Chinese character

qióng19 strokes

Chinese character

qióng19 strokes

Chinese character

qiū5 strokes

mound

qiū7 strokes

surname Qiu

qiū9 strokes

autumn

qiū11 strokes

used in 蚯蚓[qiu1yin3]

qiū13 strokes

Catalpa

qiū14 strokes

Chinese character

qiū17 strokes

loach (family Cobitidae)

qiū18 strokes

Chinese character

qiū20 strokes

Chinese character

qiú5 strokes

prisoner

qiú5 strokes

used in 犰狳[qiu2yu2]

qiú7 strokes

to seek

qiú7 strokes

young dragon with horns

qiú8 strokes

to swim (bound form)

qiú9 strokes

ornamental cap

qiú9 strokes

tribal chief

qiú10 strokes

collect

qiú11 strokes

ball

qiú11 strokes

to bribe

qiú12 strokes

hydrosulfuryl

qiú12 strokes

strong

qiú13 strokes

fur

qiú16 strokes

congested nose

qiǔ16 strokes

dry rations (for a journey)

4 strokes

area

6 strokes

bent

7 strokes

surname Qu

7 strokes

rugged

7 strokes

to bend

7 strokes

to expel

8 strokes

bent

9 strokes

sacrifice to drive away calamity

9 strokes

flank of animal

11 strokes

Chinese character

11 strokes

maggot

11 strokes

human body

12 strokes

cricket

12 strokes

to hasten

14 strokes

Chinese character

17 strokes

Chinese character

17 strokes

surname Qu

18 strokes

Chinese character

19 strokes

surname Qu

19 strokes

black

21 strokes

Chinese character

7 strokes

labor

9 strokes

surname Qu

10 strokes

(bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bird, esp. robins and redstarts)

11 strokes

(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2])

14 strokes

lotus

16 strokes

used in 硨磲|砗磲[che1 qu2]

17 strokes

surname Qu

18 strokes

startled

18 strokes

used in 鼩鼱[qu2 jing1]

19 strokes

surname Qu

22 strokes

woolen rug

23 strokes

thin

24 strokes

thoroughfare

26 strokes

used in 蠼螋[qu2sou1]

8 strokes

to take

10 strokes

Chinese character

11 strokes

to take a wife

17 strokes

decayed teeth

24 strokes

Chinese character

5 strokes

to go

12 strokes

quiet

15 strokes

to spy

15 strokes

interesting

17 strokes

Chinese character

18 strokes

Chinese character

quān9 strokes

crossbow (arch.)

quān10 strokes

to reform

quān11 strokes

to confine

quán6 strokes

all

quán6 strokes

authority

quán8 strokes

to explain

quán9 strokes

spring (small stream)

quán9 strokes

(fragrant plant)

quán10 strokes

fist

quán10 strokes

limited (of talent or ability)

quán11 strokes

earnest

quán11 strokes

to recover (from illness)

quán11 strokes

to estimate

quán12 strokes

bamboo fish trap

quán13 strokes

Chinese character

quán14 strokes

to curl up (like a scroll)

quán14 strokes

Chinese character

quán16 strokes

aldehyde

quán18 strokes

to curl

quán22 strokes

Chinese character

quán23 strokes

cheek bones

quán27 strokes

Chinese character

quǎn3 strokes

three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]

quǎn4 strokes

dog

quǎn9 strokes

field drains

quǎn11 strokes

used in 繾綣|缱绻[qian3quan3]

quǎn14 strokes

Chinese character

quàn4 strokes

to advise

quàn8 strokes

bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)

quàn20 strokes

Chinese character

quē8 strokes

alkyne

quē10 strokes

deficiency

quē13 strokes

Imperial city watchtower (old)

qué16 strokes

lame

què7 strokes

but

què9 strokes

Chinese character

què11 strokes

honest

què11 strokes

(bound form) small bird

què12 strokes

authenticated

què12 strokes

(literary) to end; to stop

què13 strokes

magpie

què14 strokes

footbridge

què15 strokes

Chinese character

què18 strokes

Chinese character

què19 strokes

Chinese character

qūn7 strokes

Chinese character

qūn8 strokes

granary

qūn10 strokes

to shrink back (from sth)

qún12 strokes

skirt

qún13 strokes

group

qiú4 strokes

spear

qín12 strokes

surname Qin

13 strokes

name of a river

qián9 strokes

used in 蕁麻|荨麻[qian2ma2]

qiāo19 strokes

Chinese character

qīng19 strokes

Chinese character