咸
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all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 +6
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 咸
- Common rank
- #1,676
- Unicode
- U+54B8
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Formation & memory
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Words with 咸
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咸安区 | Xian'an, a district of Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市[Xian2 ning2 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 咸镜南道 | South Hamgyeong Province of east North Korea | |
| 咸阳市 | Xianyang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] | |
| 咸镜北道 | North Hamgyeong Province in northeast of North Korea, capital Chongjin 清津市[Qing1 jin1 shi4… | |
| 咸宁市 | Xianning, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] | |
| 咸丝丝儿 | erhua variant of 鹹絲絲|咸丝丝[xian2 si1 si1] | |
| 咸鱼翻身 | lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom); fig. to experience a reversal of fortune | |
| 咸兴市 | Hamhung, North Korea | |
| 咸水湖 | salt lake | |
| 咸镜道 | Hamgyeong Province of Joseon dynasty Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道… | |
| 咸与维新 | everyone participates in reforms (idiom); to replace the old with new; to reform and start… | |
| 咸丰县 | Xianfeng, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 j… | |
| 咸水 | salt water; brine | |
| 咸阳桥 | Xianyang Bridge | |
| 咸海 | Aral Sea | |
| 咸安 | see 咸安區|咸安区[Xian2 an1 Qu1] | |
| 老少咸宜 | suitable for young and old | |
| 咸丝丝 | slightly salty | |
| 咸丰草 | (Tw) (botany) hairy beggarticks (Bidens pilosa var. radiata) | |
| 咸阳 | see 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4] |
Sound family
These characters use 咸 as their sound component — compare how they read.