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汹 (xiōng): Turbulent water — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Animated Stroke Order 汹

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How to write 汹 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 汹

汹 stroke order diagram

3.

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汹

汹=氵water+匈chest

The water (氵) from a chest (匈) — turbulent waves, like a heaving sea.

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5.

How to Use 汹

Common patterns, words, and short phrases that show how 汹 works in context.

Single HSK word

汹 appears in the HSK word 汹涌, meaning "to surge up violently [of ocean, river, lake etc]".

汹涌 • xiōng yǒng • to surge up violently [of ocean, river, lake etc] • HSK 6

HSK 6

xiōng汹

yǒng涌

to surge up violently [of ocean, river, lake etc]

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 汹 is used in context

tā他

qì气

shì势

xiōng汹

xiōng汹

dì地

zǒu走

jìn进

bàn办

gōng公

shì室

。

He walked into the office fiercely

hǎi海

làng浪

xiōng汹

yǒng涌

dì地

pāi拍

dǎ打

zhe着

jiāo

zhè这

chǎng场

tái台

fēng风

lái来

shì势

xiōng汹

xiōng汹

Information

Pinyinxiōng

Meaningturbulent water

Strokes7

Radical氵

Traditional洶

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2452

Zhuyinㄒㄩㄥ

UnicodeU+6C79

CangjieEHUK

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礁

shí石

。

The waves are crashing fiercely against the rocks

。

This typhoon is approaching with great force

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