xiōng

turbulent

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

凶 sound component

  Sound component

xiōng

  

vicious, fierce

Evolution

汹 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
汹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xiōng

the rush of water; turbulent; noisy, restless; torrential rush; tumultuous

Most common words with 汹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

汹涌

turbulent

气势汹汹

aggressive

波涛汹涌

waves surging forth

tumultuous

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2746th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+6C79


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