Chinese symbol for “hardcore”
硬核
yìng hé
hardcore; hard core
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hardcore is 硬核 (yìng hé), defined as: hardcore; hard core.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hardcore”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哈扣 | hā kòu | hardcore (loanword) |
| 硬蕊 | yìng ruǐ | hardcore (Tw) |
| 硬派 | yìng pài | hard-line; hardcore |
| 重口味 | zhòng kǒu wèi | strong flavor (spicy, salty etc); (of food) strongly flavored |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 硬核.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硬件 | yìng jiàn | hardware |
| 硬币 (硬幣) | yìng bì | coin; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 强硬 (強硬) | qiáng yìng | tough; unyielding |
| 硬盘 (硬盤) | yìng pán | hard disk |
| 坚硬 (堅硬) | jiān yìng | hard; solid |
| 硬度 | yìng dù | hardness |
| 核心 | hé xīn | core; nucleus |
| 考核 | kǎo hé | to examine; to check up on |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hardcore”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.