雄

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male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence

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HSK 3.0: Level 5
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 12
Radical: 隹 +4
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 雄
Common rank: #865
Unicode: U+96C4

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Formation & memory

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How 雄 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

隹 meaning “bird” + 厷 sound ( gōng )

Components 厷隹

How to remember it

grand · Heisig RSH #671

by one’s side + elbow + turkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 雄

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
雄安新区	Xióng ān Xīn qū	Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 201…
老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋	lǎo zi yīng xióng ér hǎo hàn , lǎo zi fǎn dòng ér hún dàn	If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is…
英雄无用武之地	yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dì	a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
英雄难过美人关	yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān	even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
有雄心	yǒu xióng xīn	ambitious
高雄市	Gāo xióng shì	Kaohsiung or Gaoxiong city in south Taiwan
南雄市	Nán xióng Shì	Nanxiong, a county-level city in Shaoguan City 韶關市\|韶关市[Shao2 guan1 Shi4], Guangdong
儿女英雄传	Ér nǚ Yīng xióng Zhuàn	The Gallant Maid, novel by Manchu-born Qing dynasty writer 文康[Wen2 Kang1]
无名英雄	wú míng yīng xióng	unnamed hero
当雄县	Dāng xióng Xiàn	Damxung, a county in Lhasa City 拉薩市\|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibet
王力雄	Wáng Lì xióng	Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍\|黄祸[Huang2 huo4]
民族英雄	mín zú yīng xióng	national hero
雄黄酒	xióng huáng jiǔ	realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節\|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2])
大雄	dà xióng	great hero; main Buddhist image (in temple)
雄县	Xióng Xiàn	Xiong County or Xiongxian, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei
雄心	xióng xīn	great ambition; lofty aspiration
雄马	xióng mǎ	male horse; stallion
雄性	xióng xìng	male
雄安	Xióng ān	Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 201…
战国七雄	zhàn guó qī xióng	Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊\|齐[Qi2], 楚[Chu3], 燕[Yan1], 韓\|韩[Han2]…

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 厷 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
厷 sound part	gōng	forearm, upper arm; round
宏	hóng	great, spacious, vast, wide
肱	gōng	forearm
闳	hóng	barrier, gate; vast, wide; to expand