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PINYIN INITIAL X
Chinese characters starting with X
Explore 562 Chinese characters whose standard Pinyin begins with X. Open any character to hear its pronunciation, watch the stroke order, and create a printable practice sheet.
Examples in this index: 习 (xí), 系 (xì), 喜 (xǐ), 西 (xī), 息 (xī), 下 (xià).
PINYIN SYLLABLES
Pronunciations starting with X
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习xí3 strokes(bound form) to practice→系xì7 strokesto connect→喜xǐ12 strokesto be fond of→西xī6 strokesthe West→息xī10 strokesbreath→下xià3 strokesdown→现xiàn8 strokesto appear→先xiān6 strokesbeforehand; first; earlier→想xiǎng13 strokesto think (about)→校xiào10 strokes(bound form) school; college→小xiǎo3 strokessmall→谢xiè12 strokesto thank→写xiě5 strokesto write→些xiē8 strokesclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several→新xīn13 strokesabbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1jiang1]→兴xīng6 strokesto rise→星xīng9 strokesstar→休xiū6 strokesto rest→学xué8 strokesto learn→雪xuě11 strokessnow→洗xǐ9 strokesto wash; to bathe→希xī7 strokesto hope→笑xiào10 strokesto laugh; to smile→姓xìng8 strokesfamily name; surname→戏xì6 strokestrick→夏xià10 strokesthe Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC→鲜xiān14 strokesfresh→向xiàng6 strokestowards→像xiàng13 strokesto resemble→响xiǎng9 strokesecho→相xiāng9 strokeseach other→香xiāng9 strokesfragrant→箱xiāng15 strokesbox→鞋xié15 strokesshoe→信xìn9 strokesletter→心xīn4 strokesheart→行xíng6 strokesrow→熊xióng14 strokesbear→须xū9 strokesmust→需xū14 strokesto require→选xuǎn9 strokesto choose→细xì8 strokesthin or slender→吸xī6 strokesto breathe→悉xī11 strokesin all cases→惜xī11 strokesto cherish→咸xián9 strokesall→线xiàn8 strokesthread→羡xiàn12 strokesto envy→险xiǎn9 strokesdanger→详xiáng8 strokesdetailed→项xiàng9 strokesback of neck→象xiàng11 strokeselephant→乡xiāng3 strokescountry or countryside→效xiào10 strokeseffect→消xiāo10 strokesto diminish; to subside→辛xīn7 strokes(of taste) hot or pungent→幸xìng8 strokestrusted→性xìng8 strokesnature→醒xǐng16 strokesto wake up→兄xiōng5 strokeselder brother→秀xiù7 strokes(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful→修xiū9 strokesto decorate→羞xiū10 strokesshy→序xù7 strokes(bound form) order; sequence→续xù11 strokesto continue→许xǔ6 strokesto allow→血xuè6 strokesblood→席xí10 strokeswoven mat→夕xī3 strokesdusk→析xī8 strokesto separate→闲xián7 strokesenclosure→县xiàn7 strokescounty→限xiàn8 strokesto limit→献xiàn13 strokesto offer→显xiǎn9 strokesto make visible→橡xiàng15 strokesoak→享xiǎng8 strokesto enjoy→厢xiāng11 strokesbox (in theater)→肖xiào7 strokessimilar→销xiāo12 strokesto melt (metal)→协xié6 strokesto cooperate→胁xié8 strokesflank (the side of one's torso)→斜xié11 strokesinclined→欣xīn8 strokeshappy→形xíng7 strokesto appear→型xíng9 strokesmold→绪xù11 strokesbeginnings→虚xū11 strokesemptiness→宣xuān9 strokesto declare (publicly)→寻xún6 strokesto search→询xún8 strokesto ask about→训xùn5 strokesto teach; to train; to admonish→迅xùn6 strokesrapid→媳xí13 strokesdaughter-in-law→晰xī12 strokesclear→吓xià6 strokesto scare→嫌xián13 strokesto dislike→陷xiàn10 strokespitfall→祥xiáng10 strokesauspicious→宵xiāo10 strokesnight→谐xié11 strokes(bound form) harmonious→携xié13 strokesto carry→械xiè11 strokesappliance→歇xiē13 strokesto rest→薪xīn16 strokes(literary) firewood; fuel→雄xióng12 strokesmale→胸xiōng10 strokeschest→袖xiù10 strokessleeve→叙xù9 strokesto narrate→蓄xù13 strokesto store up→旋xuán11 strokesto revolve→旬xún6 strokesten days→循xún12 strokesto follow→讯xùn5 strokes(bound form) to ask; to inquire→袭xí11 strokes(bound form) to raid; to attack→隙xì12 strokescrack→徙xǐ11 strokes(literary) to change one's residence→昔xī8 strokesformer times→奚xī10 strokes(literary) what?→牺xī10 strokessacrifice→犀xī12 strokesrhinoceros→稀xī12 strokesrare→溪xī13 strokescreek→锡xī13 strokestin (chemistry)→熄xī14 strokesto extinguish→熙xī14 strokes(used in names)→嬉xī15 strokesamusement→膝xī15 strokesold variant of 膝[xi1]→侠xiá8 strokesknight-errant→峡xiá9 strokesgorge→狭xiá9 strokesnarrow→瑕xiá13 strokesblemish→辖xiá14 strokeslinchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle)→霞xiá17 strokesrose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset→虾xiā9 strokesshrimp→瞎xiā15 strokesblind→弦xián8 strokesbow string→贤xián8 strokesworthy or virtuous person→衔xián11 strokesbit (of a bridle)→宪xiàn9 strokesstatute→馅xiàn11 strokesstuffing→仙xiān5 strokesimmortal→纤xiān6 strokesfine→掀xiān11 strokesto lift (a lid)→翔xiáng12 strokesto soar→巷xiàng9 strokeslane→镶xiāng22 strokesto inlay→淆xiáo11 strokesconfused and disorderly→孝xiào7 strokesfilial piety or obedience→啸xiào11 strokes(of people) to whistle→晓xiǎo10 strokesdawn→削xiāo9 strokesto peel with a knife→萧xiāo11 strokesmiserable→潇xiāo14 strokes(of water) deep and clear→邪xié6 strokesdemonic→挟xié9 strokes(bound form) to clasp under the arm→泄xiè8 strokes(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge→泻xiè8 strokesto flow out swiftly→卸xiè9 strokesto unload→屑xiè10 strokesbits→懈xiè16 strokeslax→蟹xiè19 strokescrab→衅xìn11 strokesquarrel→芯xīn7 strokesused in 芯子[xin4zi5]→馨xīn20 strokesfragrant→刑xíng6 strokespunishment→猩xīng12 strokesape→腥xīng13 strokesfishy (smell)→凶xiōng4 strokesvicious→汹xiōng7 strokestorrential rush→绣xiù10 strokesto embroider; embroidery→锈xiù12 strokesto rust→嗅xiù13 strokesto smell→朽xiǔ6 strokesrotten→徐xú10 strokesslowly→旭xù6 strokesdawn→恤xù9 strokesanxiety→酗xù11 strokesdrunk→婿xù12 strokesson-in-law→絮xù12 strokescotton wadding→吁xū6 strokessh→墟xū14 strokesruins→玄xuán5 strokesblack→悬xuán11 strokesto hang or suspend→炫xuàn9 strokesto dazzle→喧xuān12 strokesclamor→暄xuān13 strokesgenial and warm→穴xué5 strokescave→靴xuē13 strokesboots→巡xún6 strokesto patrol→汛xùn6 strokeshigh water→驯xùn6 strokesto attain gradually→逊xùn9 strokesto abdicate→勋xūn9 strokesmedal→熏xūn14 strokesto smoke→習xí11 strokesChinese character→觋xí11 strokeswizard→覡xí14 strokesChinese character→隰xí16 strokeslow→檄xí17 strokesdispatch→襲xí22 strokesChinese character→匸xì2 strokes"cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23) (distinguished from 匚[fang1])→卌xì5 strokesforty→屃xì7 strokesChinese character→饩xì7 strokesgrain ration→郄xì8 strokessurname Qie→係xì9 strokesChinese character→咥xì9 strokesgnaw→郤xì9 strokessurname Xi→細xì11 strokesChinese character→阋xì11 strokesto argue→舄xì12 strokesshoe→禊xì13 strokessemiannual ceremony of purification→潟xì15 strokessaline land→戲xì17 strokesChinese character→餼xì18 strokesChinese character→鬩xì18 strokesChinese character→繫xì19 strokesChinese character→屭xì24 strokesChinese character→玺xǐ10 strokesruler's seal→葸xǐ12 strokesfeel insecure→屣xǐ14 strokesslippers→蓰xǐ14 strokes(grass)→禧xǐ16 strokesjoy→蟢xǐ18 strokes(spider)→璽xǐ19 strokesChinese character→兮xī4 strokes(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)→汐xī6 strokesnight tides→矽xī8 strokes(Tw) silicon (chemistry)→穸xī8 strokestomb→恓xī9 strokestroubled→唏xī10 strokessound of sobbing→娭xī10 strokesgranny (dialect)→浠xī10 strokesname of a river in Hubei→欷xī11 strokesto sob→淅xī11 strokes(onom.) sound of rain, sleet etc→烯xī11 strokesalkene→硒xī11 strokesselenium (chemistry)→菥xī11 strokesChinese character→粞xī12 strokesground rice→翕xī12 strokesto open and close (the mouth etc)→舾xī12 strokesused in 舾裝|舾装[xi1 zhuang1]→徯xī13 strokesfootpath→皙xī13 strokes(literary) fair-skinned; of light complexion→僖xī14 strokescautious→蜥xī14 strokes(bound form) lizard→嘻xī15 strokeslaugh→瘜xī15 strokesa polypus→樨xī16 strokesOsmanthus fragrans→歙xī16 strokesname of a district in Anhui→熹xī16 strokesbright→窸xī16 strokesused in 窸窣[xi1 su1]→羲xī16 strokessame as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2xi1], a mythical emperor→螅xī16 strokes(intestinal worm)→錫xī16 strokesChinese character→蟋xī17 strokesused in 蟋蟀[xi1 shuai4]→谿xī17 strokesChinese character→巂xī18 strokescuckoo→醯xī19 strokesacyl→曦xī20 strokes(literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)→犧xī20 strokesChinese character→鼷xī23 strokesmouse→蠵xī24 strokeslarge turtles→鸂xī24 strokesChinese character→匣xiá7 strokesbox→狎xiá8 strokes(bound form) (literary) to take liberties with sb or sth→俠xiá9 strokesChinese character→柙xiá9 strokescage→陜xiá9 strokesChinese character→峽xiá10 strokesChinese character→狹xiá10 strokesChinese character→硖xiá11 strokesplace name→遐xiá12 strokesdistant→暇xiá13 strokesleisure→轄xiá17 strokesChinese character→黠xiá18 strokes(phonetic)→罅xià17 strokescrack→呷xiā8 strokesto sip; to drink→煆xiā13 strokesa raging fire→蝦xiā15 strokesChinese character→涎xián9 strokessaliva→娴xián10 strokeselegant→舷xián11 strokesside of a ship or an aircraft→痫xián12 strokesepilepsy→閑xián12 strokesChinese character→閒xián12 strokesChinese character→鹇xián12 strokessilver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus)→銜xián14 strokesChinese character→嫻xián15 strokesChinese character→賢xián15 strokesChinese character→癇xián17 strokesChinese character→鹹xián20 strokesChinese character→岘xiàn7 strokesabbr. for 峴首山|岘首山[Xian4 shou3 shan1]→苋xiàn7 strokesamaranth (genus Amaranthus)→臽xiàn8 strokes(archaic) pit; hole in the ground→県xiàn9 strokesJapanese variant of 縣|县→峴xiàn10 strokesChinese character→現xiàn11 strokesChinese character→莧xiàn11 strokesChinese character→羨xiàn13 strokesChinese character→腺xiàn13 strokesgland→線xiàn15 strokesChinese character→憲xiàn16 strokesChinese character→縣xiàn16 strokesChinese character→餡xiàn16 strokesChinese character→獻xiàn20 strokesChinese character→霰xiàn20 strokesgraupel→冼xiǎn8 strokessurname Xian→猃xiǎn10 strokesa kind of dog with a long snout→蚬xiǎn10 strokesbasket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蜆|真蚬[zhen1 xian3]→铣xiǎn11 strokesto mill (machining)→筅xiǎn12 strokesbamboo brush for utensils→跣xiǎn13 strokesbarefooted→㬎xiǎn14 strokesold variant of 顯|显[xian3]→銑xiǎn14 strokesChinese character→險xiǎn15 strokesChinese character→藓xiǎn17 strokesmoss→燹xiǎn18 strokesconflagration→蘚xiǎn21 strokesChinese character→顯xiǎn23 strokesChinese character→氙xiān7 strokesxenon (chemistry)→祆xiān8 strokesAhura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism→籼xiān9 strokeslong-grained rice→莶xiān10 strokesused in 豨薟|豨莶[xi1xian1]→跹xiān13 strokesto manner of dancing→酰xiān13 strokesacid radical→锨xiān13 strokesshovel→暹xiān15 strokessunrise→鍁xiān16 strokesChinese character→韱xiān17 strokeswild onions or leeks→鮮xiān17 strokesChinese character→躚xiān21 strokesChinese character→纖xiān23 strokesChinese character→鱻xiān33 strokesChinese character→庠xiáng9 strokes(archaic) a school→詳xiáng13 strokesChinese character→衖xiàng12 strokesChinese character→項xiàng12 strokesChinese character→嚮xiàng17 strokesChinese character→蟓xiàng17 strokessilkworm→饷xiǎng9 strokessoldier's pay→飨xiǎng12 strokes(literary) to offer food and drinks→餉xiǎng14 strokesChinese character→鲞xiǎng14 strokesdried fish→鯗xiǎng19 strokesChinese character→響xiǎng20 strokesChinese character→饗xiǎng20 strokesChinese character→芗xiāng6 strokesaromatic herb used for seasoning→鄉xiāng11 strokesChinese character→廂xiāng12 strokesChinese character→湘xiāng12 strokesabbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China→缃xiāng12 strokeslight yellow color→葙xiāng12 strokesChinese character→薌xiāng15 strokesChinese character→襄xiāng17 strokessurname Xiang→骧xiāng20 strokes(literary) to run friskily (of a horse)→鑲xiāng25 strokesChinese character→驤xiāng27 strokesChinese character→洨xiáo9 strokesXiao River in Hebei province→崤xiáo11 strokesname of a mountain in Henan→哮xiào10 strokespant→傚xiào12 strokesChinese character→嘯xiào16 strokesChinese character→筱xiǎo13 strokesdwarf bamboo→曉xiǎo16 strokesChinese character→枭xiāo8 strokesowl→哓xiāo9 strokesa cry of alarm→枵xiāo9 strokes(archaic) hollow of a tree→骁xiāo9 strokesgood horse→绡xiāo10 strokesraw silk→逍xiāo10 strokesleisurely→鸮xiāo10 strokesowl (order Strigiformes)→梟xiāo11 strokesChinese character→猇xiāo11 strokesthe scream or roar of a tiger→硝xiāo12 strokessaltpeter→箫xiāo14 strokesxiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes→銷xiāo15 strokesChinese character→霄xiāo15 strokesfirmament→魈xiāo16 strokesused in 山魈[shan1 xiao1]→鴞xiāo16 strokesChinese character→蕭xiāo17 strokesChinese character→蟏xiāo17 strokeslong-legged spider→簫xiāo19 strokesChinese character→瀟xiāo20 strokesChinese character→囂xiāo21 strokesChinese character→蠨xiāo23 strokesChinese character→劦xié6 strokesto cooperate→協xié8 strokesChinese character→挾xié10 strokesChinese character→脅xié10 strokesChinese character→偕xié11 strokesin company with→勰xié15 strokesharmonious→撷xié15 strokesto collect→缬xié15 strokesknot→諧xié16 strokesChinese character→擷xié18 strokesChinese character→攜xié21 strokesChinese character→绁xiè8 strokesto tie→洩xiè9 strokesChinese character→禼xiè11 strokesChinese character→亵xiè12 strokesobscene→渫xiè12 strokesto get rid of→榍xiè14 strokesChinese character→榭xiè14 strokespavilion→廨xiè16 strokesoffice→澥xiè16 strokes(of porridge etc) to become watery→獬xiè16 strokesChinese character→薤xiè16 strokesAllium bakeri→邂xiè16 strokesused in 邂逅[xie4hou4]→韰xiè16 strokesChinese character→燮xiè17 strokesto blend→褻xiè17 strokesChinese character→謝xiè17 strokesChinese character→瀉xiè18 strokesChinese character→瀣xiè19 strokesmist→纈xiè21 strokesChinese character→躞xiè24 strokesto walk→寫xiě15 strokesChinese character→楔xiē13 strokeswedge→蝎xiē15 strokesscorpion→蠍xiē19 strokesChinese character→囟xìn6 strokesfontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)→舋xìn19 strokesquarrel→釁xìn25 strokesChinese character→忄xīn3 strokesKangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element→忻xīn7 strokeshappy→昕xīn8 strokesdawn→訢xīn11 strokesChinese character→锌xīn12 strokeszinc (chemistry)→歆xīn13 strokespleased→鋅xīn15 strokesChinese character→鑫xīn24 strokes(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)→邢xíng6 strokessurname Xing→陉xíng7 strokesborder the stove→陘xíng9 strokesChinese character→硎xíng11 strokeswhetstone→蛵xíng13 strokesChinese character→滎xíng14 strokesChinese character→杏xìng7 strokesapricot→荇xìng9 strokesyellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)→倖xìng10 strokesChinese character→悻xìng11 strokesangry→擤xǐng17 strokesto blow (one's nose)→惺xīng12 strokes(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken→興xīng16 strokesChinese character→敻xiòng15 strokessurname Xiong→兇xiōng6 strokesChinese character→匈xiōng6 strokesHungary→芎xiōng6 strokesused in 芎藭|芎䓖[xiong1qiong2]→洶xiōng9 strokesChinese character→岫xiù8 strokescave→溴xiù13 strokesbromine (chemistry)→銹xiù15 strokesChinese character→繡xiù19 strokesChinese character→鏽xiù21 strokesChinese character→咻xiū9 strokescall out→庥xiū9 strokesprotection→脩xiū11 strokesdried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times)→鸺xiū11 strokesused in 鵂鶹|鸺鹠[xiu1liu2]→貅xiū13 strokesChinese character→馐xiū13 strokesdelicacies→髹xiū16 strokesred lacquer→鵂xiū17 strokesChinese character→饈xiū19 strokesChinese character→蓿xu14 strokesclover→卹xù8 strokesChinese character→昫xù9 strokesbalmy→洫xù9 strokesto ditch→勖xù11 strokesexhort→敘xù11 strokesChinese character→溆xù12 strokesname of a river→煦xù13 strokesbalmy→頊xù13 strokesChinese character→漵xù14 strokesChinese character→緒xù14 strokesChinese character→續xù21 strokesChinese character→诩xǔ8 strokesto brag→栩xǔ10 strokesused in 栩栩[xu3xu3]→詡xǔ13 strokesChinese character→鄦xǔ14 strokessurname Xu→糈xǔ15 strokesofficial pay→醑xǔ16 strokesspiritus→圩xū6 strokes(dialect) country fair→戌xū6 strokes11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog→盱xū8 strokesanxious→胥xū9 strokesall→顼xū10 strokesused in 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1xu1]→裇xū11 strokesChinese character→許xū11 strokesChinese character→虛xū12 strokesChinese character→須xū12 strokesChinese character→嘘xū14 strokesto exhale slowly→噓xū15 strokesChinese character→魆xū15 strokesdim; dark→歔xū16 strokesto snort→鬚xū22 strokesChinese character→魖xū22 strokesused in 黑魖魖[hei1xu1xu1]→痃xuán10 strokesChinese character→漩xuán14 strokeswhirlpool→璇xuán15 strokes(jade)→懸xuán20 strokesChinese character→泫xuàn8 strokesweep→绚xuàn9 strokesadorned→眩xuàn10 strokesdazzling→铉xuàn10 strokesstick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron→渲xuàn12 strokeswash (color)→絢xuàn12 strokesChinese character→楦xuàn13 strokesto block (a hat)→鉉xuàn13 strokesChinese character→碹xuàn14 strokesChinese character→镟xuàn16 strokesto shape on a lathe→選xuǎn15 strokesChinese character→癣xuǎn19 strokesringworm→癬xuǎn22 strokesChinese character→轩xuān7 strokespavilion with a view→烜xuān10 strokesbrilliant→軒xuān10 strokesChinese character→谖xuān11 strokesto deceive→揎xuān12 strokesto roll up one's sleeves→萱xuān12 strokesorange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)→煊xuān13 strokesChinese character→瑄xuān13 strokesornamental piece of jade→儇xuān15 strokes(literary) ingenious→諠xuān16 strokesChinese character→泶xué9 strokesChinese character→踅xué14 strokesto walk around→學xué16 strokesChinese character→谑xuè11 strokesjoy→謔xuè16 strokesChinese character→鳕xuě19 strokescodfish→鱈xuě22 strokesChinese character→薛xuē16 strokessurname Xue→辥xuē16 strokesChinese character→峋xún9 strokesranges of hills→恂xún9 strokessincere→洵xún9 strokestruly→浔xún9 strokesname of a river→荀xún9 strokessurname Xun→尋xún12 strokesChinese character→詢xún13 strokesChinese character→鲟xún14 strokessturgeon→潯xún15 strokesChinese character→燅xún16 strokesChinese character→鱘xún23 strokesChinese character→卂xùn3 strokes(archaic) to fly rapidly→徇xùn9 strokesto give in to→殉xùn10 strokesto be buried with the dead→訊xùn10 strokesChinese character→訓xùn10 strokesChinese character→巽xùn12 strokesto obey→遜xùn13 strokesChinese character→馴xùn13 strokesChinese character→蕈xùn15 strokesmold→埙xūn10 strokesocarina→勛xūn12 strokesChinese character→窨xūn14 strokesto scent tea with flowers→勳xūn16 strokesChinese character→獯xūn17 strokesused in 獯鬻[Xun1yu4]→薰xūn17 strokessweet-smelling grass→曛xūn18 strokestwilight→燻xūn18 strokesChinese character→醺xūn21 strokeshelplessly intoxicated→
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