Chinese Character Wiki
熊

xióng

a bear

Combination of 能 (bear) and 大 (big).

Components
能 iconic component

能  Iconic component

néng

  

to be able

Pictograph of a bear.

大 iconic component

大  Iconic component

dà, dài

  

big

Evolution

熊 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
熊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
熊 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
熊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

熊  

xióng

a bear; brilliant; bright; surname; bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable

熊  

Xióng

surname Xiong

Most common words with 熊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

熊

bear

熊猫

panda

大熊猫

giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

熊熊

raging

浣熊

raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

羆

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm

hjuwng

xióng

bear (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 11.9814% of movies

1419th most common character in movies

1741st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+718A

Shuowen

“熊，獸，似豕，山居，冬蟄。从能，炎省聲。”


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