很hěn
very, quite, much. 9 strokes, radical 彳, first met in HSK 1.
How to write 很
Strokes 1–3 write 彳, then strokes 4–9 write 艮.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 很 · the stroke-order rules
What 很 is made of
彳 (chì, to step with the left foot) and 艮 (gěn, blunt).
彳 carries the meaning — step — and 艮 carries the sound.
Words that use 很
| 很 | very 副词，表示程度达到相当高位 糕点也很香，今天的午后时光真惬意！The pastries smell very good too — this afternoon is truly pleasant! Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 6, 烧水喝茶 |
| 很难说 | hard to say, uncertain 指事情不容易判断或预测 险情最终如何很难说。How the crisis would end was hard to say. Lesson 591, 坚毅宏阔 · 笃行和济与乾坤安澜 · Harmony, Core Vigor & Natural Resilience |
Characters that share the sound part 艮
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 彳
All 13 of them, and what the radical means, on the 彳 radical page.