咸
all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,676 U+54B8
How 咸 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
One 一 voice 口 surrounded by conflict 戈
How to remember it
salty · Heisig RSH #372
口 mouth + march
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 咸 as their sound component
These characters all use 咸 (xián) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咸 sound component | xián | all, together, united; salted |
| 减 | jiǎn | to decrease, to subtract, to diminish |
| 碱 | jiǎn | alkaline, alkali, lye, salt |
| 喊 | hǎn | to shout, to yell, to call out; to howl; to cry |
| 缄 | jiān | to seal, to close, to bind; a letter |
| 箴 | zhēn | needle, probe; to admonish, to warn |
| 觱 | bì | Tartar horn; chill wind |
| 堿 | jiǎn | salty |
Words containing 咸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咸安区 | Xián ān Qū | Xian'an, a district of Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市[Xian2 ning2 Shi4], Hubei |
| 咸镜南道 | Xián jìng nán dào | South Hamgyeong Province of east North Korea |
| 咸阳市 | Xián yáng Shì | Xianyang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] |
| 咸镜北道 | Xián jìng běi dào | North Hamgyeong Province in northeast of North Korea, capital Chongjin 清津市[Qing1 jin1 shi4… |
| 咸宁市 | Xián níng Shì | Xianning, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] |
| 咸丝丝儿 | xián sī sī r | erhua variant of 鹹絲絲|咸丝丝[xian2 si1 si1] |
| 咸鱼翻身 | xián yú fān shēn | lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom); fig. to experience a reversal of fortune |
| 咸兴市 | Xián xīng Shì | Hamhung, North Korea |
| 咸水湖 | xián shuǐ hú | salt lake |
| 咸镜道 | Xián jìng Dào | Hamgyeong Province of Joseon dynasty Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道… |
| 咸与维新 | xián yù wéi xīn | everyone participates in reforms (idiom); to replace the old with new; to reform and start… |
| 咸丰县 | Xián fēng Xiàn | Xianfeng, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 j… |
| 咸水 | xián shuǐ | salt water; brine |
| 咸阳桥 | Xián yáng Qiáo | Xianyang Bridge |
| 咸海 | Xián Hǎi | Aral Sea |
| 咸安 | Xián ān | see 咸安區|咸安区[Xian2 an1 Qu1] |
| 老少咸宜 | lǎo shào xián yí | suitable for young and old |
| 咸丝丝 | xián sī sī | slightly salty |
| 咸丰草 | xián fēng cǎo | (Tw) (botany) hairy beggarticks (Bidens pilosa var. radiata) |
| 咸阳 | Xián yáng | see 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4] |