雄
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male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #865 U+96C4
How 雄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
隹 (semantic, “bird”) + 厷 (phonetic, gōng)
components: 厷 隹
How to remember it
grand · Heisig RSH #671
by one’s side + elbow + turkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 厷
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 厷 (gōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 厷 sound component | gōng | forearm, upper arm; round |
| 宏 | hóng | great, spacious, vast, wide |
| 肱 | gōng | forearm |
| 闳 | hóng | barrier, gate; vast, wide; to expand |
Words containing 雄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雄安新区 | Xióng ān Xīn qū | Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 201… |
| 老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 | lǎo zi yīng xióng ér hǎo hàn , lǎo zi fǎn dòng ér hún dàn | If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is… |
| 英雄无用武之地 | yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dì | a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents |
| 英雄难过美人关 | yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān | even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom) |
| 有雄心 | yǒu xióng xīn | ambitious |
| 高雄市 | Gāo xióng shì | Kaohsiung or Gaoxiong city in south Taiwan |
| 南雄市 | Nán xióng Shì | Nanxiong, a county-level city in Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市[Shao2 guan1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 儿女英雄传 | Ér nǚ Yīng xióng Zhuàn | The Gallant Maid, novel by Manchu-born Qing dynasty writer 文康[Wen2 Kang1] |
| 无名英雄 | wú míng yīng xióng | unnamed hero |
| 当雄县 | Dāng xióng Xiàn | Damxung, a county in Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibet |
| 王力雄 | Wáng Lì xióng | Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍|黄祸[Huang2 huo4] |
| 民族英雄 | mín zú yīng xióng | national hero |
| 雄黄酒 | xióng huáng jiǔ | realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]) |
| 大雄 | dà xióng | great hero; main Buddhist image (in temple) |
| 雄县 | Xióng Xiàn | Xiong County or Xiongxian, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei |
| 雄心 | xióng xīn | great ambition; lofty aspiration |
| 雄马 | xióng mǎ | male horse; stallion |
| 雄性 | xióng xìng | male |
| 雄安 | Xióng ān | Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 201… |
| 战国七雄 | zhàn guó qī xióng | Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐[Qi2], 楚[Chu3], 燕[Yan1], 韓|韩[Han2]… |