HSK 3

(xiǎn): narrow pass, strategic point

xiǎn

narrow pass, strategic point

Pinyin

xiǎn

HSK Level

Level 3

Characters

1

English Meaning

narrow pass, strategic point

How to Write (xiǎn)

is written in 9 strokes. Follow the stroke order below, drawing each highlighted stroke in turn.

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Origin of

A phono-semantic compound: 阝 (hill) carries the meaning, and 佥 hints at the pronunciation.

What is Made Of

is built from 2 components:

place, town, city
all, together, unanimous

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Words Using

Common Chinese words that contain :

保险

bǎoxiǎn

冒险

màoxiǎn

危险

wēixiǎn

风险

fēngxiǎn

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