悄
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quiet; sad
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 悄
- Common rank
- #3,086
- Unicode
- U+6084
Sound it out + + = · + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
noiseless · Heisig RSH #1807
state of mind + candle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 悄
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悄然无声 | absolutely quiet | |
| 悄无声息 | quietly; noiselessly | |
| 悄然 | quietly; sorrowfully | |
| 悄声 | quietly; in a low voice | |
| 悄悄话 | whisperings; private words; confidences; sweet nothings | |
| 静悄悄 | extremely quiet | |
| 蹑悄悄 | softly; quietly | |
| 悄悄 | quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [q… | |
| 悄悄咪咪 | (dialect) quietly; stealthily | |
| 悄咪咪 | see 悄悄咪咪[qiao1 qiao1 mi1 mi1] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 肖 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肖 sound part | to resemble, to look like; to be like | |
| 消 | news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish | |
| 销 | to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell | |
| 哨 | to whistle; to chirp | |
| 削 | to pare, to scrape, to trim | |
| 硝 | saltpeter; to tan leather | |
| 屑 | bits, crumbs, scraps; fragments; not worthwhile | |
| 宵 | night, evening, darkness | |
| 鞘 | scabbard, sheath | |
| 梢 | the tip of a branch; rudder | |
| 筲 | basket, bucket | |
| 蛸 | octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest | |
| 峭 | steep, precipitous, rugged | |
| 逍 | to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter | |
| 捎 | to carry, to take; to select | |
| 艄 | the stern of a ship | |
| 魈 | mischievious mountain spirit | |
| 诮 | to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize | |
| 绡 | raw silk |