Browse meaningful Chinese characters for names — pronunciations, core meanings, radicals, stroke counts, and structure.
Cool, cold; refreshing; to make cool (archaic usage, now rare in modern Chinese)
to wither; to fade; to decay
To insult; to encroach upon; to rise high
Freeze — to become frozen or solidified due to cold; to feel very cold; congealed substance.
Gan — a rare character used in chemistry for 'ferroaluminum' or 'galinstan'; also appears in some names.
reduce, decrease, subtract; to lessen or diminish in quantity, degree, or intensity.
To freeze, to congeal; to become rigid or solidified through cold.
to gather together; to assemble; to happen by chance
A variant form of 皑 (ái), meaning pure white, snowy white; also an archaic character for icy, frosty.
Cold, frigid; shivering with cold; severe, bitter (of cold).
Cold; chilly; desolate
Deep; profound; vast and deep (especially of water or darkness).
Accurate, precise, standard; to allow, to permit; a level, a standard
Cui — describes the appearance of ice or snow accumulating; refers to icicles or frost formations.
Ice floe; ice that breaks and floats on water; melting ice.
Ice flow; icicle; frozen ice formation on surfaces.
Cold; freezing; shivering with cold
cold; frigid; severe
To congeal, solidify, coagulate; to concentrate, focus; to form ice
Bright; brilliant; flourishing
To be disrespectful, irreverent, or profane; to act in a blasphemous or sacrilegious manner; to violate or defile something sacred.
A small table; stool; nearly
ordinary, common, mundane; every, all; in all cases
All; every; common
All; every; ordinary
phoenix — a mythical auspicious bird in Chinese mythology, symbolizing grace, virtue,; often associated with the empress.
To dwell, to reside; an archaic form of 居 (to live, to reside).
To handle; to manage; to deal with
Kite (a Japanese kokuji character, not standard Chinese); used in Japanese for 'tako' meaning kite.
Wind (archaic variant of 風/风).
A piercingly cold wind; a wintry blast. (Japanese kokuji; rare in modern Chinese)
Calm, lull, windless (primarily used in Japanese; rare in Chinese)
Wild duck; to swim.
Wind; variant form of 風 (wind).
to rely on; to depend on; to base on
Ancient variant form of 風 (wind); used in historical texts and names.
triumphant; victorious; music of triumph
Phoenix — specifically the female counterpart of the mythical fenghuang bird, a
Triumphant, victorious; refers to a triumphant return or victory song.
A variant form of the character 奸 (jiān), meaning wicked, evil, treacherous,
Stool, bench — a piece of furniture for sitting, typically without a
To rely on, to depend on; to lean on; to be based on
A container; open box or receptacle. Also used as a radical in Chinese characters.
fierce, violent, cruel; ominous, inauspicious; bad, terrible
A clod or lump of earth; archaic form of 塊 (block, piece, lump).
Convex; protruding; bulging
concave; sunken; hollow
To go out; to exit; to leave
to hit; to strike; to attack
A pit; a pool; a puddle
letter; correspondence; case
box, case; to contain; to enclose
To chisel; to bore; to dig
knife; blade; a cutting tool
Tricky, sly, cunning, artful; also a Chinese surname.
Knife radical; the left-standing form of the knife character 刀, used as a radical
The cutting edge of a knife or sword; blade; to kill with a blade
An ancient variant form of 刃, meaning blade, edge of a knife; to kill with a blade.
An ancient form of 創 (chuàng), meaning to create, establish, or wound; also an old form of 刃 (rèn), meaning blade or edge.
to divide; to separate; to distribute
Practical guidance for evaluating characters by radical, stroke balance, and cultural resonance.
Radicals group characters by their core semantic or structural elements. When you filter by radical, you surface characters that share meaning cues and writing patterns, making it easier to shortlist options with aligned symbolism.
Most parents stay within 6–16 strokes so signatures remain elegant and readable. Avoid extremes—overly complex forms slow writing, while ultra-simple characters may feel plain next to a more expressive partner character.
Chinese characters themselves are largely gender-neutral. Perceived gender comes from imagery and cultural associations, so review meanings and radicals together to find characters that match the tone you want.