狠 (hěn) — Chinese Character

狠

hěn

ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很

Radical: 犭 HSK 6 a, d pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

狠 decomposes into the following components:

犭艮

Semantic component: 犭; phonetic component: 艮.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 狠.

凶狠

xiōng hěn

恶狠

è hěn

狠劲

hěn jìn

狠命

hěn mìng

狠心

hěn xīn

狠毒

hěn dú

狠狠

hěn hěn

狠绝

hěn jué

下狠心

xià hěn xīn

恶狠狠

è hěn hěn

狠巴巴

hěn bā bā

算你狠

suàn nǐ hěn

Characters that share the radical 犭.

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