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亨

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prosperous; henry (unit of inductance)

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Strokes
7
Radical
亠 +5
Structure
Top–middle–bottom 上中下
Traditional
亨
Common rank
#2,229
Unicode
U+4EA8

Formation & memory

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How 亨 is formed

Components 亠 口 了

How to remember it

go smoothly · Heisig RSH #1638

高 tall + 了 -ed

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 亨

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
地产大亨 Dì chǎn Dà hēng Monopoly (game); known as 大富翁[Da4 fu4 weng1] in PRC
时运亨通 shí yùn hēng tōng our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng everything is going smoothly (idiom)
亨利五世 Hēng lì Wǔ shì Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt; History of Henry V by Will…
官运亨通 guān yùn hēng tōng (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
斯通亨治石栏 Sī tōng hēng zhì shí lán Stonehenge stone circle
亨德尔 Hēng dé ěr George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), German-born British composer
亨利·哈德逊 Hēng lì · Hā dé xùn Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator
亨格洛 Hēng gé luò Hengelo, city in the Netherlands
摩亨佐·达罗 Mó hēng zuǒ · dá luó Moenjo-daro, capital of Indus valley civilization c. 2000 BC, Sind province, Pakistan, UNE…
大亨 dà hēng big shot; top gun; superstar; VIP
亨利 Hēng lì Henry (name); henry (unit of inductance)
亨特 Hēng tè Hunter (name)
亨通 hēng tōng to go smoothly; prosperous; going well
阿亨 Ā hēng Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Aix-la-Chapelle; also written 亞琛|亚琛[Ya4 chen…
亨丁顿舞蹈症 Hēng dīng dùn wǔ dǎo zhèng Huntington's disease
册亨县 Cè hēng Xiàn Ceheng, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 xi1 n…
李亨 Lǐ Hēng Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肅宗|肃宗[Su4 zong1] (711-762), reigned 7…
亨氏 Hēng shì Heinz (name); Heinz, US food processing company
亨廷顿舞蹈症 Hēng tíng dùn wǔ dǎo zhèng Huntington's disease

Sound family

These characters use 亨 as their sound component — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
亨 sound part hēng prospering, going smoothly
烹 pēng cooking, cuisine; stir-fry
哼 hēng to hum; to sing softly; to moan, to groan