硬 (yìng): meaning and stroke order
硬 (yìng) means hard; stiff; solid, (fig.) strong; firm, resolutely; uncompromisingly.
硬
- Simplified
- 硬
- Traditional
- 硬 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yìng
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Stroke order of 硬
硬
- yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 硬
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yìng
- hard; stiff; solid
- (fig.) strong; firm
- resolutely; uncompromisingly
- laboriously; with great difficulty
- good (quality); able (person)
- (of food) filling; substantial
Radical and structure
- 硬
- Radical 石 (Kangxi radical 112) · 12 strokes · 石 on the left, 更 on the right
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.
Words with 硬
- 硬盘 yìng pán hard disk
- 硬着头皮 yìng zhe tóu pí to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it
硬 in our stories
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妻子看不下去，硬拉着他去医院做了全面检查。
qīzi kàn bú xiàqu yìng lā zhe tā qù yīyuàn zuò le quánmiàn jiǎnchá
His wife couldn't stand it and dragged him to hospital for a full check-up.
From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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她们在一片桑树林里发现了许多白色的小果子，摘回来一尝，却又硬又没有味道。
tāmen zài yí piàn sāngshùlín lǐ fāxiàn le xǔduō báisè de xiǎo guǒzi zhāi huílai yì cháng què yòu yìng yòu méiyǒu wèidao
In a mulberry grove they found many small white "fruits", but when they picked them and tasted them, they were hard and tasteless.
From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 硬
- The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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).