掀 — Chinese character
掀
xiān
to stir up; to turn over
- Pinyin
- xiān
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 扌 欣
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 欣
- Japanese
- 掀 as a kanji
Common words with 掀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掀起 | xiān qǐ | to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc) |
| 掀开 (掀開) | xiān kāi | to lift open; to tear open |
| 掀翻 | xiān fān | to turn sth over; to overturn |
| 掀掉 | xiān diào | to remove; to tear off |
| 掀动 (掀動) | xiān dòng | to stir; to lift |
| 掀天揭地 | xiān tiān jiē dì | earth-shattering |
| 掀涌 (掀湧) | xiān yǒng | to seethe; to bubble up |
| 掀背车 (掀背車) | xiān bèi chē | hatchback |
| 掀风鼓浪 (掀風鼓浪) | xiān fēng gǔ làng | to raise a storm; to stir up trouble |
| 掀腾 (掀騰) | xiān téng | to surge up; raging (billows) |
English words written with 掀
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.