侠
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knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero; heroic
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 人 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 侠
- Common rank
- #2,182
- Unicode
- U+4FA0
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
chivalrous person · Heisig RSH #2096
人 person + 夹 press from both sides
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 侠
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三侠五义 | Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories … | |
| 武侠小说 | a martial arts (wuxia) novel | |
| 水行侠 | Aquaman, DC comic book superhero (Tw) | |
| 独行侠 | loner; lone wolf | |
| 侠盗飞车 | Grand Theft Auto (video game series) | |
| 行侠仗义 | to be chivalrous | |
| 柔情侠骨 | gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom) | |
| 侠盗猎车手 | Grand Theft Auto (video game series) | |
| 大侠 | knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero | |
| 游侠骑士 | a knight-errant | |
| 侠气 | chivalry | |
| 侠义 | chivalrous; chivalry; knight-errantry | |
| 钢铁侠 | Iron Man, comic book superhero | |
| 侠士 | knight-errant | |
| 武侠 | martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre); knight-errant | |
| 游侠 | knight-errant | |
| 侠客 | chivalrous person; knight-errant | |
| 任侠 | chivalrous; helping the weak for the sake of justice | |
| 键盘侠 | keyboard warrior | |
| 仙侠 | (fiction genre) xianxia; Chinese fantasy featuring immortals, spiritual cultivation 修仙[xiu… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 夹 — compare how they read.