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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)

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