hēng

to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph!

Radical: 口 HSK 7 e, v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

哼 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 哼

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 哼.

哼哧
hēng chī
哼唧
hēng ji
哼唱
hēng chàng
哼声
hēng shēng
嗯哼
en hēng
气哼哼
qì hēng hēng
哼儿哈儿
hēng r hā r
哼哼唧唧
hēng hēng jī jī

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical .

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