Chinese Character Wiki

衔

xián

bit

Components
行 sound component

行  Sound component

xíng, háng

  

walk

钅 meaning component

钅  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

metal

Evolution

衔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
衔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
衔 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
衔 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

衔 (銜) 

xián

bit; hold in mouth, bite; gag; bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title

衔 (啣) 

xián

variant of 銜|衔[xián]

Most common words with 衔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

头衔

title

衔接

to combine

衔

to link

军衔

army rank

领衔

leading (role)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.3409% of movies

2500th most common character in movies

2328th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

銜

Unicode

U+8854


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