悍
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heroic; intrepid; valiant; dauntless; fierce; ferocious; violent
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 悍
- Common rank
- #2,535
- Unicode
- U+608D
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
bold · Heisig RSH #2646
state of mind + 旱 drought
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 悍
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 短小精悍 | (of a person) short but plucky (idiom); (of an article) concise and forceful | |
| 悍然不顾 | outrageous and unconventional (idiom); flying in the face of (authority, convention, publi… | |
| 矮小精悍 | short but intrepid (idiom) | |
| 悍马 | Hummer (vehicle brand) | |
| 悍然 | outrageous; brazen; flagrant | |
| 精悍 | (of a person) lean, tough and capable; (of expression, style etc) concise and effective | |
| 强悍 | tough; strong; formidable; fearsome | |
| 悍妇 | violent woman; shrew | |
| 驯悍记 | Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare | |
| 凶悍 | violent; fierce and tough; shrewish (woman) | |
| 勇悍 | brave | |
| 悍勇 | intrepid; valiant; dauntless | |
| 悍匪 | brutal bandit; ferocious criminal | |
| 蛮悍 | rude and violent; fierce and reckless | |
| 彪悍 | tough as nails; formidable; kick-ass; plucky | |
| 刁悍 | cunning and fierce | |
| 剽悍 | swift and fierce |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 旱 — compare how they read.