很 (hěn)

very / quite

How 很 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
彳 — step
Traditional
很
Simplified
很 (unchanged)

Components

  • 彳 step
  • 艮 stopping

Common words using 很

得很 dehěn
very (much, good etc)

很 in a sentence

這家餐廳的牛肉麵很好吃,生意很好。

Zhè jiā cāntīng de niúròumiàn hěn hǎochī, shēngyì hěn hǎo.

“The beef noodles at this restaurant are very delicious, and business is very good.”

How common is 很?

很 is the 138th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 48.1% of all running text.

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