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狠

hěn

vicious, cruel; severely, extreme

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 6 · TOCFL Level 5
Frequency
No. 1,740
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What 狠 means

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 犭 (dog), phonetic 艮

Made of 犭 + 艮

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