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恒

héng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 恆

What 恒 means

1. permanent
2. constant
3. fixed
4. usual
5. ordinary
6. rule (old)
7. one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟)

Other readings

恒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Héngsurname Heng
• héngvariant of {恒|héng}

Example sentences

• 天文学涉及恒星和行星。
  Tiānwénxué shèjí héngxīng hé xíngxīng.
  Astronomy deals with the stars and planets.
• 地球不是恒星，而是行星。
  Dìqiú bù shì héngxīng, érshì xíngxīng.
  The earth is not a star, but a planet.
• 凡美的事物就是永恒的喜悦。
  Fán Měidí shìwù jiùshì yǒnghéng de xǐyuè.
  A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
• 行星围着固定不动的恒星转。
  Xíngxīng wéi zhe gùdìng bù dòng de héngxīng zhuǎn.
  Planets move around a fixed star.
• 汤姆不懂恒星和行星的区别。
  Tom doesn't know the difference between a star and a planet.
• 天文学涉及恒星和行星的研究。
  Astronomy involves the study of stars and planets.

Words starting with 恒

• 恒心héng xīnperseverance
• 恒星héng xīng(fixed) star
• 恒久héng jiǔconstant; persistent; long-lasting
• 恒温héng wēnconstant temperature
• 恒定héng dìngconstant
• 恒力héng lìconstant force
• 恒大Héng dàChina Evergrande Group, or simply Evergrande, Chinese property developer founded in 1996…
• 恒山Héng ShānMt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳…
• 恒常héng chángconstant; constantly
• 恒河Héng HéGanges River
• 恒牙héng yá(dentistry) permanent tooth
• 恒生Héng shēngHang Seng…
• 恒等héng děngidentity ≡ (math., logic); identical
• 恒山区Héng shān QūHengshan, a district of Jixi City 鸡西市
• 恒星年héng xīng niánthe sidereal year (astronomy); the year defined in terms of the fixed stars
• 恒星系héng xīng xìstellar system; galaxy
• 恒星际héng xīng jìinterstellar; between the fixed stars
• 恒温器héng wēn qìthermostat
• 恒等式héng děng shìidentity (math.)
• 恒速率héng sù lǜconstant velocity
• 恒加速度héng jiā sù dùconstant acceleration
• 恒春半岛Héng chūn Bàn dǎoHengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County 屏东县
• 恒河沙数Héng hé shā shùcountless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
• 恒生指数Héng shēng Zhǐ shùHang Seng Index (Hong Kong stock market index)

Words containing 恒

• 永恒yǒng héngeternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
• 持之以恒chí zhī yǐ héngto pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
• 守恒shǒu héngconservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics)…
• 有恒yǒu héngto persevere; perseverance
• 李恒Lǐ HéngLi Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗
• 无恒wú héngto lack patience
• 稳恒wěn héngsteady; stable and permanent; constant
• 伯利恒Bó lì héngBethlehem
• 稳恒态wěn héng tàisteady state; stable and permanent attitude
• 守恒定律shǒu héng dìng lǜconservation law (physics)
• 能量守恒néng liàng shǒu héngconservation of energy (physics)
• 醒世恒言Xǐng shì Héng yánStories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 冯梦龙
• 刘恒Liú HéngLiu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 汉文帝; Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer
• 汉文帝刘恒Hàn wén dì Liú héngLiu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC

Characters that look like 恒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 悚sǒngfrightened
• 侏zhūdwarf
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish

Sounds the same

Read héng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 衡to weigh; weight; measure
• 横horizontal; across; crosswise
• 行used in 道行
• 珩top gem of pendant from girdle
• 蘅Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
• 鸻plover
• 姮feminine name (old)
• 胻calf (lower leg); (arch.) belly
• 揘used in 揘毕
• 𨱑bell
• 鑅(onomatopoeia) for sound of bell (arch.)
• 桁pole plate; purlin (cross-beam in roof); ridge-pole