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兄
xiōng
1. elder brother
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

兄
xiōng
elder brother
HSK 5 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

仁兄
rénxiōng
(honorific written address) My dear friend
令兄
lìngxiōng
Your esteemed older brother (honorific)
兄妹
xiōngmèi
brother(s) and sister(s)
兄嫂
xiōngsǎo
elder brother and his wife
兄弟
xiōngdì
brothers
HSK 5
兄台
xiōngtái
brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
兄长
xiōngzhǎng
elder brother
内兄
nèixiōng
wife's older brother
堂兄
tángxiōng
older male patrilineal cousin
家兄
jiāxiōng
(polite) my elder brother
师兄
shīxiōng
senior male fellow student or apprentice
年兄
niánxiōng
lit. older brother
弟兄
dìxiong
brothers
父兄
fùxiōng
father and elder brother(s)
盟兄
méngxiōng
senior partner in sworn brotherhood
砚兄
yànxiōng
senior fellow student
老兄
lǎoxiōng
'old chap' (form of address between male friends)
表兄
biǎoxiōng
older male cousin via female line
襟兄
jīnxiōng
husband of wife's older sister
长兄
zhǎngxiōng
eldest brother

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,088
Word Frequency Rank
5,000 of 84,292

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