恒 (héng): permanent, constant, fixed
恒 (héng) is a Chinese character meaning “permanent.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (structural) and 亘 (structural). It ranks #1747 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 恒 a constant 亘 heart 忄; 亘 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- permanent
- constant
- fixed
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA constant 亘 heart 忄; 亘 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰忄亘 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 永恒 | yǒng héng | eternal |
| 伯利恒 | bó lì héng | Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story) |
| 恒星 | héng xīng | (fixed) star |
| 恒久 | héng jiǔ | constant |
| 恒河 | héng hé | Ganges River |
| 持之以恒 | chí zhī yǐ héng | to pursue unremittingly (idiom) |
| 恒心 | héng xīn | perseverance |
| 恒温器 | héng wēn qì | thermostat |
| 恒温 | héng wēn | constant temperature |
| 恒定 | héng dìng | constant |
| 守恒 | shǒu héng | conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) |
| 恒等式 | héng děng shì | identity (math.) |
| 守恒定律 | shǒu héng dìng lǜ | conservation law (physics) |
| 恒生 | héng shēng | Hang Seng (the name of a bank in Hong Kong and of the stock market index the bank established) |
| 恒牙 | héng yá | (dentistry) permanent tooth |
恒 appears in 44 compound words: 68 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 恒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
看到孩子的进步,父母恒中十分欣慰。
kàn dào hái zǐ de jìn bù , fù mǔ héng zhōng shí fēn xīn wèi .
Seeing their child's progress, the parents were deeply gratified.
拟购买德恒装备51%股权 锐新科技欲扩充汽车产品线...
nǐ gòu mǎi dé héng zhuāng bèi 5 1 gǔ quán ruì xīn kē jì yù kuò chōng qì chē chǎn pǐn xiàn . . .
It is planned to purchase 51% of the equity of DeHeng Equipment Ruixin Technology wants to expand its automotive product line...
...豪1周跑25个通告!没吃饭只吃茶叶蛋 《恒星之城》全卖光
. . . háo 1 zhōu pǎo 2 5 gè tōng gào ! méi chī fàn zhī chī chá xié dàn héng xīng zhī chéng quán mài guāng
... Howe runs 25 notices in one week! I didn't eat and only ate tea eggs "City of Stars" was sold out
【滙控业绩】滙控:对恒生没有裁员计划,将帮助受影响员工在未来三...
滙 kòng yè jì 滙 kòng : duì héng shēng méi yǒu cái yuán jì huá , jiāng bāng zhù shòu yǐng xiǎng yuán gōng zài wèi lái sān . . .
HSBC Holdings: There is no layoff plan for Hang Seng, which will help affected employees in the next three...
...北水炒D乜】净流入31.31亿元,买南方恒生科技沽泡泡玛特
. . . běi shuǐ chǎo D 乜 jìng liú rù 3 1 . 3 1 yì yuán , mǎi nán fāng héng shēng kē jì gū pāo pāo 玛 tè
... Beishui speculated on the net inflow of 3.131 billion yuan, buying Southern Hang Seng Technology and selling Bubble Mart
...控季息料近3.3元增17% 大行估50亿恒生股息入账补资本
. . . kòng jì xī liào jìn 3 . 3 yuán zēng 1 7 dà háng gū 5 0 yì héng shēng gǔ xī rù zhàng bǔ zī běn
... The quarterly dividend is expected to increase by 17% by nearly 3.3 yuan, and the major bank estimates that 5 billion Hang Seng dividends will be recorded to supplement capital
这些无限空间的永恒沉默使我恐惧。
Zhèxiē wúxiàn kōngjiān de yǒnghéng chénmò shǐ wǒ kǒngjù.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
地球不是恒星,而是行星。
Dìqiú bù shì héngxīng, érshì xíngxīng.
The earth is not a star, but a planet.
天文学涉及恒星和行星的研究。
Tiānwénxué shèjí héngxīng hé xíngxīng de yánjiū.
Astronomy involves the study of stars and planets.
行星围着固定不动的恒星转。
Xíngxīng wéi zhe gùdìng bù dòng de héngxīng zhuǎn.
Planets move around a fixed star.
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