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衔 (xián): meaning and stroke order

衔 (xián) means bit (of a bridle), to hold in the mouth, to harbor (feelings), to link, to accept, rank.

衔

Simplified
衔
Traditional
銜, 啣, 衘
Pinyin
xián

Stroke order of 衔

衔

  • xián variant of 銜|衔[xian2]
  • xián variant of 銜|衔[xian2]
  • xián bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 啣

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 衔

  1. xián Traditional 銜
    • bit (of a bridle)
    • to hold in the mouth
    • to harbor (feelings)
    • to link
    • to accept
    • rank
    • title
  2. xián Traditional 啣
    • variant of 銜|衔[xian2]
  3. xián Traditional 衘
    • variant of 銜|衔[xian2]

Radical and structure

衔
Radical 行 (Kangxi radical 144) · 11 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

衔 in our stories

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  • 她的灵魂化作了精卫鸟。从那天起，她每天从西山衔来一根树枝或一块小石头，飞到东海上，把它扔进海里。

    tā de línghún huàzuò le Jīngwèi niǎo cóng nà tiān qǐ tā měitiān cóng xīshān xián lái yì gēn shùzhī huò yí kuài xiǎo shítou fēi dào Dōng Hǎi shàng bǎ tā rēng jìn hǎi lǐ

    Her soul became the Jingwei bird. From that day on, every day she carried a twig or a pebble in her beak from the western hills, flew over the Eastern Sea and dropped it into the water.

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 衔

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).