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汹

xiōng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 洶

What 汹 means

1. torrential rush
2. tumultuous

Words starting with 汹

• 汹涌xiōng yǒngto surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent

Words containing 汹

• 波涛汹涌bō tāo xiōng yǒngwaves surging forth; roaring sea
• 气势汹汹qì shì xiōng xiōngaggressive; truculent; overbearing

Characters that look like 汹

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

• 纳nàto receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 泄xiè(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
• 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 陋lòulow; humble; plain
• 泗sìnasal mucus

Sounds the same

Read xiōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 兄elder brother
• 胸chest; bosom; heart
• 凶terrible; fearful
• 芎used in 芎䓖; Taiwan pr. qiōng
• 恟scared, nervous
• 匈Hungary; Hungarian; abbr. for 匈牙利
• 㐫old variant of 凶