熊

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bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A bear's 能 footprints 灬

Components 能灬

bear · Heisig RSH #1463

elbow + flesh + spoon + cooking fire

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
小熊维尼	Xiǎo xióng Wéi ní	Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney)
无尾熊	wú wěi xióng	koala
熊成基	Xióng Chéng jī	Xiong Chengji (1887-1910), anti-Qing revolutionary and martyr
卧龙大熊猫保护区	Wò lóng Dà xióng māo Bǎo hù qū	Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan
熊耳山	Xióng ěr shān	Mt Xiong'er national geological park in 棗莊\|枣庄[Zao3 zhuang1], south Shandong
大熊座	Dà xióng zuò	Ursa Major, the Great Bear (constellation)
小熊座	Xiǎo xióng zuò	Ursa Minor (constellation)
大白熊犬	dà bái xióng quǎn	Great Pyrenees (dog breed)
维尼熊	Wéi ní xióng	Winnie the Pooh
熊市	xióng shì	bear market
北极熊	běi jí xióng	polar bear
马熊	mǎ xióng	brown bear
白熊	bái xióng	polar bear; white bear
鱼与熊掌不可兼得	yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé	lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Menciu…
熊本	Xióng běn	Kumamoto (prefecture and city in Japan)
大熊猫	dà xióng māo	giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
黑熊	hēi xióng	Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
小熊猫	xiǎo xióng māo	lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda
熊腰虎背	xióng yāo hǔ bèi	waist of a bear and back of a tiger; tough and stocky build
虎背熊腰	hǔ bèi xióng yāo	back of a tiger and waist of a bear; tough and stocky build