悬(xuán): to hang or suspend
to hang or suspend
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- xuán
- Meaning
- to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK level
- HSK 6
- Traditional
- 懸
Origin & structure
Where 悬 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿱县心Pride 心 in one's country 县, expressed by a flag; 县 also provides the pronunciation
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged top to bottom.
Traditional form 懸: Pride 心 in one's country 縣, expressed by a flag; 縣 also provides the pronunciation
How to write 悬 step by step
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Words with 悬
Common words using 悬 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
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