汹
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torrential rush; tumultuous
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 水 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 汹
- Common rank
- #4,631
- Unicode
- U+6C79
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
turbulent · Heisig RSH #2548
水 water + 凶 cruel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 汹
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 气势汹汹 | aggressive; truculent; overbearing | |
| 波涛汹涌 | waves surging forth; roaring sea | |
| 汹涌 | to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 凶 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凶 sound part | culprit; murder; bad, sad | |
| 匈 | breast, chest, thorax; to clamor; Hungary | |
| 垴 | small hillock, used in place names |