Character

狠

hěn HSK 7

狠 hěn HSK 7

1. fierce; cruel
2. to steel oneself to make a decision
3. with all one's strength; all-out
4. resolute and strict
5. archaic variant of "很"

Words using 狠 as hěn (1)

Structure & writing

狠 hěn — fierce; cruel

狠 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1 犭 quǎn — dog/canine radical

犭 is a component in 24 characters

HSK 1

狗 gǒu dog 猫 māo cat (mammal with round face, short ears, large eyes, retractable claws, agile and fond of catching mice)

HSK 4

猜 cāi to guess; to figure out from clues or imagination 获 huò to capture; to seize

HSK 5

犹 yóu (lit.) just like; as if 狂 kuáng mentally deranged; insane; mad 独 dú single; alone 猪 zhū pig; hog; swine (a domesticated mammal with a large head, long snout, small eyes, big ears, short limbs, and a fat body, raised for meat, hide, and bristles) 猴 hóu monkey (mammal resembling humans, with brown or grey fur, a tail, agile movements; omnivorous; commonly called 猴子)

HSK 6

犯 fàn to violate; to conflict with 狠 hěn fierce; cruel 狮 shī lion (large carnivorous mammal) 狼 láng wolf (a carnivorous mammal resembling a dog, with a long face, erect ears, yellowish or grayish-brown fur, and a drooping tail; nocturnal and fierce)

HSK 7

狈 bèi see 〖狼狈〗、〖狼狈为奸〗狐 hú fox (a mammal with a pointed snout, triangular ears, and a bushy tail, typically reddish-yellow in colour; commonly called 狐狸) 狡 jiǎo cunning, crafty, deceitful 狭 xiá narrow; not wide (opposite of "广") 狱 yù prison; jail

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狸 li leopard cat (also called mountain cat, brownish-yellow fur with black markings) 猎 liè to hunt; to catch animals or birds 猖 chāng (lit.) rampant; ferocious; wanton and unruly 猛 měng fierce; ferocious 猩 xīng orangutan or chimpanzee; large ape with reddish-brown or black fur, long forelimbs, no tail, native to Sumatra and similar regions 猾 huá cunning, crafty, deceitful

2 艮 gèn — one of the eight trigrams, representing mountain

艮 is a component in 14 characters

HSK 1

很 hěn very; quite

HSK 2

眼 yǎn eye (visual organ of humans and animals) 跟 gēn heel (of the foot or shoe/sock)

HSK 3

根 gēn root (organ of a higher plant that anchors it and absorbs water and nutrients; taproots and fibrous roots) 银 yín silver (metallic element, symbol Ag, atomic number 47)

HSK 5

良 liáng good; excellent 艰 jiān difficult; not easy 退 tuì to move backward (opposite of 进) 限 xiàn specified range; limit

HSK 6

恨 hèn to hate; to resent 狠 hěn fierce; cruel 痕 hén trace, mark left by something

HSK 7

垦 kěn to reclaim wasteland, to open up land for cultivation 恳 kěn sincere, earnest

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