嫌xián
to mind, dislike. 13 strokes, radical 女, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin xiánStrokes 13Radical 女Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 嫌
Strokes 1–3 write 女, then strokes 4–13 write 兼.
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Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 嫌 · the stroke-order rules
What 嫌 is made of
女 (nǚ, woman) and 兼 (jiān, both).
女 carries the meaning — woman — and 兼 carries the sound.
Words that use 嫌
| 嫌 | to mind, dislike 指觉得不满意 有人嫌洗衣粉气味太重。Someone found the washing powder too strongly scented. Lesson 661, 细菌研究 · 笃志博雅与通达四海 · Scholarly Diligence & Global Connections |
Characters that share the sound part 兼
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 女
All 24 of them, and what the radical means, on the 女 radical page.