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狠
hěn
1. fierce
2. very
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

狠
hěn
vicious, fierce, cruel
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (11)

凶狠
xiōnghěn
variant of [[凶狠<xiōnghěn>]]
凶狠
xiōnghěn
cruel
恶狠
èhěn
fierce and vicious
狠劲
hěnjìn
to exert all one's force
狠命
hěnmìng
exerting all one's strength
狠心
hěnxīn
callous
HSK 6
狠毒
hěndú
vicious
狠狠
hěnhěn
resolutely
恶狠狠
èhěnhěn
very fierce
狠巴巴
hěnbābā
very fierce
心狠手辣
xīnhěnshǒulà
vicious and merciless (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,653
Word Frequency Rank
5,276 of 84,292

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