侠
knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero; heroic
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,182 U+4FA0
How 侠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 夹 (phonetic, jiá)
How to remember it
chivalrous person · Heisig RSH #2096
人 person + 夹 press from both sides
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夹
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夹 (jiá) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夹 sound component | jiá | to support; to be wedged between |
| 狭 | xiá | narrow, limited; narrow-minded |
| 荚 | jiá | seed-pod |
| 浃 | jiā | to saturate, to drench; wet, damp |
| 惬 | qiè | satisfied, comfortable, cheerful |
| 蛱 | jiá | butterfly, nymphalid |
| 郏 | jiá | a county in Henan province; surname |
| 硖 | xiá | a town in Hebei province |
Words containing 侠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三侠五义 | Sān xiá wǔ yì | Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories … |
| 武侠小说 | wǔ xiá xiǎo shuō | a martial arts (wuxia) novel |
| 水行侠 | Shuǐ xíng xiá | Aquaman, DC comic book superhero (Tw) |
| 独行侠 | dú xíng xiá | loner; lone wolf |
| 侠盗飞车 | xiá dào fēi chē | Grand Theft Auto (video game series) |
| 行侠仗义 | xíng xiá zhàng yì | to be chivalrous |
| 柔情侠骨 | róu qíng xiá gǔ | gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom) |
| 侠盗猎车手 | Xiá dào Liè chē shǒu | Grand Theft Auto (video game series) |
| 大侠 | dà xiá | knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero |
| 游侠骑士 | yóu xiá qí shì | a knight-errant |
| 侠气 | xiá qì | chivalry |
| 侠义 | xiá yì | chivalrous; chivalry; knight-errantry |
| 钢铁侠 | Gāng tiě xiá | Iron Man, comic book superhero |
| 侠士 | xiá shì | knight-errant |
| 武侠 | wǔ xiá | martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre); knight-errant |
| 游侠 | yóu xiá | knight-errant |
| 侠客 | xiá kè | chivalrous person; knight-errant |
| 任侠 | rèn xiá | chivalrous; helping the weak for the sake of justice |
| 键盘侠 | jiàn pán xiá | keyboard warrior |
| 仙侠 | xiān xiá | (fiction genre) xianxia; Chinese fantasy featuring immortals, spiritual cultivation 修仙[xiu… |