雄 — Chinese character
雄
xióng
alpha male, hero; manly
- Pinyin
- xióng
- Radical
- 172 ⾫ (Short Tailed Bird)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 厷 隹
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bird; meaning component 隹; sound component 厷
- Japanese
- 雄 as a kanji
Common words with 雄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 英雄 | yīng xióng | hero; 个 (gè) |
| 雄厚 | xióng hòu | substantial; robust; ample; abundant |
| 雄性 | xióng xìng | male |
| 雄心 | xióng xīn | great ambition; lofty aspiration |
| 雄伟 (雄偉) | xióng wěi | grand; imposing |
| 雄风 (雄風) | xióng fēng | vigor; virility |
| 雄狮 (雄獅) | xióng shī | male lion |
| 民族英雄 | mín zú yīng xióng | national hero |
| 群雄 | qún xióng | outstanding heroes; warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) |
| 雌雄 | cí xióng | male and female |
| 雄辩 (雄辯) | xióng biàn | eloquent; oratory |
| 雄蕊 | xióng ruǐ | stamen (male part of flower) |
English words written with 雄
雄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 9
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 28
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi The Empire
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.
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