惺 — Chinese character
惺
xīng
intelligent, clever, astute
- Pinyin
- xīng
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 忄 星
- Formation
- ideographic — A brilliant 星 mind 忄; 星 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 惺 as a kanji
Common words with 惺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 假惺惺 | jiǎ xīng xīng | (of an expression of sympathy) insincere; phony |
| 惺惺相惜 | xīng xīng xiāng xī | (lit.) people of talent appreciate one another (idiom); (fig.) to feel an affinity with (sb); to feel a bond with |
| 睡眼惺忪 | shuì yǎn xīng sōng | (idiom) sleepy-eyed; still half asleep |
| 惺忪 | xīng sōng | drowsy-eyed; (literary) wavering; indecisive |
| 惺惺 | xīng xīng | (literary) awake; (literary) intelligent; clever |
| 惺惺作态 (惺惺作態) | xīng xīng zuò tài | (idiom) to put on an act |
| 惺松 (惺鬆) | xīng sōng | variant of 惺忪 (xīng sōng) |
English words written with 惺
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.