狠 (hěn)

fierce/ruthless/cruel

How 狠 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
犭 — dog
Traditional
狠
Simplified
狠 (unchanged)

Components

  • 犭 dog
  • 艮 stopping

Common words using 狠

狠心 hěnxīn
callous; heartless
狠狠 hěnhěn
resolutely; firmly; ferociously
兇狠 xiōnghěn
variant of 凶狠[xiong1 hen3]
心狠手辣 xīnhěnshǒulà
vicious and merciless (idiom)
惡狠狠 èhěnhěn
very fierce
狠命 hěnmìng
exerting all one's strength
狠毒 hěndú
vicious; malicious; savage

狠 in a sentence

他狠心地拒絕了我的請求。

Tā hěnxīn de jùjuéle wǒ de qǐngqiú.

“He cruelly rejected my request.”

How common is 狠?

狠 is the 1,652nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.5% of all running text.

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