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哼 (hēng): Humph — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 哼

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 哼

哼 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right
哼
口kǒu · mouth
亨hēng · smoothly
哼=
4.

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5.

Related Words: 哼

哼哼 • hēng hēng • to hum or grunt
hēng哼
hēng哼

to hum or grunt

6.

Example Sentences

tā他
zhǐ只
shì是
hēng哼
hā哈
dì地
yìng

Information

Pinyinhēng
Meaninghumph; tut
Strokes10
Radical口
Traditional哼
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2084
Zhuyinㄏㄥ
UnicodeU+54FC
CangjieRRMSU
口kǒu · mouth
+亨hēng · smoothly
应
fu付
le了
jǐ几
jù句
。

He just gave a few noncommittal responses.

tā他
hēng哼
le了
yī一
shēng声
，
biǎo表
shì示
bù不
tóng同
yì意
。

He gave a 'humph' to show his disagreement.

tā他
hēng哼
chī哧
hēng哼
chī哧
dì地
pá爬
shàng上
le了
lóu楼
tī梯
。

He panted heavily while climbing the stairs.

tā他
téng疼
de得
zhí直
hēng哼
hēng哼
。

He kept grunting from the pain.

tā她
biān边
zǒu走
biān边
hēng哼
chàng唱
xǐ喜
huan欢
de的
gē歌
qǔ曲
。

She hums her favorite song while walking.

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  • 搂lǒugather up; rake together; hold up
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  • 迈màistep; stride
  • 枚méitrunk; horse whip; gag
  • 眯mīget into one's eyes
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Characters pronounced "heng".

  • 亨hēngsmoothly, progressing, no trouble
  • 衡héngbalance, measure, weigh
  • 横hénghorizontal
  • 恒héngpermanent, constant, enduring
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Same Radical

Characters with radical "口".

  • 嗨hāi[sound used in lyrics for balance or euphony]
  • 喃nánkeep talking, chattering; mumble
  • 喔wōdescriptive of crying or of crowing
  • 嗣sìto connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
  • 咯gēfinal particle
  • 嘎gǎsound of laughter; bad, malevolent
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