熊 — Chinese character
熊
xióng
a bear; brilliant; surname
- Pinyin
- xióng
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 能 灬
- Formation
- ideographic — A bear's 能 footprints 灬
- Japanese
- 熊 as a kanji
Common words with 熊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熊猫 (熊貓) | xióng māo | panda; 只 (zhī) |
| 大熊猫 (大熊貓) | dà xióng māo | giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) |
| 北极熊 (北極熊) | běi jí xióng | polar bear |
| 熊熊 | xióng xióng | raging; flaming |
| 黑熊 | hēi xióng | Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) |
| 浣熊 | huàn xióng | raccoon (Procyon lotor) |
| 泰迪熊 | tài dí xióng | (loanword) teddy bear |
| 熊市 | xióng shì | bear market |
| 狗熊 | gǒu xióng | black bear; coward |
| 白熊 | bái xióng | polar bear; white bear |
| 熊掌 | xióng zhǎng | bear paw (as food) |
| 灰熊 | huī xióng | grizzly bear |
English words written with 熊
熊 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 1
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.