悍
heroic; intrepid; valiant; dauntless; fierce; ferocious; violent
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Dict coverage rank #2,535 U+608D
How 悍 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 旱 (phonetic, hàn)
How to remember it
bold · Heisig RSH #2646
state of mind + 旱 drought
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 旱
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 旱 (hàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旱 sound component | hàn | dry; drought; desert |
| 焊 | hàn | to solder, to weld |
| 捍 | hàn | to defend, to guard; to ward off |
Words containing 悍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 短小精悍 | duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn | (of a person) short but plucky (idiom); (of an article) concise and forceful |
| 悍然不顾 | hàn rán bù gù | outrageous and unconventional (idiom); flying in the face of (authority, convention, publi… |
| 矮小精悍 | ǎi xiǎo jīng hàn | short but intrepid (idiom) |
| 悍马 | Hàn mǎ | Hummer (vehicle brand) |
| 悍然 | hàn rán | outrageous; brazen; flagrant |
| 精悍 | jīng hàn | (of a person) lean, tough and capable; (of expression, style etc) concise and effective |
| 强悍 | qiáng hàn | tough; strong; formidable; fearsome |
| 悍妇 | hàn fù | violent woman; shrew |
| 驯悍记 | xùn hàn jì | Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare |
| 凶悍 | xiōng hàn | violent; fierce and tough; shrewish (woman) |
| 勇悍 | yǒng hàn | brave |
| 悍勇 | hàn yǒng | intrepid; valiant; dauntless |
| 悍匪 | hàn fěi | brutal bandit; ferocious criminal |
| 蛮悍 | mán hàn | rude and violent; fierce and reckless |
| 彪悍 | biāo hàn | tough as nails; formidable; kick-ass; plucky |
| 刁悍 | diāo hàn | cunning and fierce |
| 剽悍 | piāo hàn | swift and fierce |