侠 — Chinese character
侠
xiá
chivalrous person; knight-errant
- Pinyin
- xiá
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 亻 夹
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 夹
- Traditional
- 俠
- Japanese
- 侠 as a kanji
Common words with 侠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 武侠 (武俠) | wǔ xiá | martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre); knight-errant |
| 大侠 (大俠) | dà xiá | knight; swordsman |
| 武侠小说 (武俠小說) | wǔ xiá xiǎo shuō | a martial arts (wuxia) novel |
| 游侠 (遊俠) | yóu xiá | knight-errant |
| 侠客 (俠客) | xiá kè | chivalrous person; knight-errant |
| 独行侠 (獨行俠) | dú xíng xiá | loner; lone wolf |
| 侠义 (俠義) | xiá yì | chivalrous; chivalry |
| 行侠仗义 (行俠仗義) | xíng xiá zhàng yì | to be chivalrous |
| 豪侠 (豪俠) | háo xiá | brave and chivalrous |
| 侠士 (俠士) | xiá shì | knight-errant |
| 仙侠 (仙俠) | xiān xiá | (fiction genre) xianxia; Chinese fantasy featuring immortals, spiritual cultivation 修仙 (xiū xiān), and other supernatural elements |
| 任侠 (任俠) | rèn xiá | chivalrous; helping the weak for the sake of justice |
English words written with 侠
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.