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狠

hěn

HSK 3.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

hěn · han2 (Jyutping)

  1. ruthless; fierce; ferocious
  2. determined; resolute
  3. to harden (one's heart)
  4. old variant of 很[hen3]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

狠

Meaning
vicious, cruel; severely, extreme
Radical
犭
Strokes
9
Components
⿰犭艮
Cangjie
KHAV
Four-corner
4723.2

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