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僵硬 (jiāng yìng) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

僵硬 (jiāng yìng) is a Chinese word: stiff. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 僵硬

形 xíng adjective

stiff

长时间坐着让我的腿变得僵硬。

cháng shí jiān zuò zhe ràng wǒ de tuǐ biàn de jiāng yìng

Sitting for a long time made my legs stiff.

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Word breakdown

僵 jiāng — frozen, immobile, deadlocked

硬 yìng — hard, firm, lacking flexibility

Structure & writing
1 僵 jiāng — stiff, rigid (of limbs)

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

consists of

1.1 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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1.2 畺 jiāng — boundary, border, frontier territory
畺 is a component in 2 characters

Stroke order

2 硬 yìng — hard; rigid (opposite of 软)

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

consists of

2.1 石 shí — rock; stone (hard mineral matter forming the earth's crust)
石 is a component in 30 characters
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