靠
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to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 非 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 靠
- Common rank
- #1,619
- Unicode
- U+9760
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Formation & memory
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Words with 靠
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 靠山吃山，靠水吃水 | lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idi… | |
| 可靠性 | reliability | |
| 靠走道 | on the aisle (referring to seats on a plane etc) | |
| 无依无靠 | (idiom) having nothing to rely on; on one's own | |
| 六亲无靠 | orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on; left to one's own de… | |
| 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友 | one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom… | |
| 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友 | one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom… | |
| 靠不住 | unreliable | |
| 靠得住 | reliable; trustworthy | |
| 背靠背 | back to back | |
| 求亲靠友 | to rely on the help of relatives and friends | |
| 靠山 | patron; backer; close to a mountain | |
| 靠窗座位 | window seat | |
| 可靠 | reliable | |
| 靠北 | (Tw) (slang) to rattle on; to carp; stop whining!; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn! (from T… | |
| 信靠 | trust | |
| 靠边 | to keep to the side; to pull over; move aside! | |
| 背靠 | to lean one's back against; (fig.) to be backed by | |
| 停靠港 | port of call | |
| 无倚无靠 | see 無依無靠|无依无靠[wu2 yi1 wu2 kao4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 告 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 告 sound part | to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse | |
| 造 | to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture | |
| 浩 | great, grand, vast | |
| 酷 | strong, stimulating; ruthless, intense | |
| 皓 | bright, luminous; clear; hoary | |
| 鹄 | swan | |
| 窖 | cellar, storeroom | |
| 锆 | zirconium | |
| 梏 | handcuffs, manacles; fetters | |
| 牿 | cattle shed | |
| 郜 | a feudal state in Shantong; surname |