巷
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lane; alley
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 己 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 巷
- Common rank
- #2,550
- Unicode
- U+5DF7
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 巷
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒香不怕巷子深 | fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom); quality goods need no advertising | |
| 东交民巷 | East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly know… | |
| 万人空巷 | the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate); the whole… | |
| 大街小巷 | great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city | |
| 烟花柳巷 | red-light district | |
| 街头巷尾 | top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city | |
| 烟花巷 | red-light district | |
| 花街柳巷 | (idiom) red-light district | |
| 街知巷闻 | to be known to everyone | |
| 巷子 | alley | |
| 街谈巷议 | (idiom) town gossip; streetcorner conversations | |
| 小巷 | alley | |
| 里巷 | lane; alley | |
| 死巷 | blind alley; dead end | |
| 巷战 | (military) street fighting; urban combat | |
| 巷弄 | alley; lane | |
| 街巷 | streets and alleys; street; alley | |
| 窄巷 | narrow alley; narrow street |
Sound family
These characters use 巷 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巷 sound part | alley, lane | |
| 港 | port, harbor, bay; Hong Kong |