邢 (xíng): surname Xing, place name

邢 (xíng) is a Chinese character meaning “place name.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 开 (phonetic) and 阝 (semantic). It ranks #4341 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 邢 place. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. surname Xing
  2. place name

Etymology & Origin

邢

pictophoneticplace

Decomposition: ⿰开阝 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

Practice writing 邢 with real-time feedback — trace each stroke in the correct order and build muscle memory in the HanziFeed app.

Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
邢台市xíng tái shìXingtai, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
邢台xíng táisee 邢臺市|邢台市
2
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

邢 appears in 2 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

中国新闻网·体育Sep 2026

作为自行车主要生产基地,邢台正通过产赛紧密互动,推动当地自行车制造业不断提质升级。

zuò wéi zì xíng chē zhǔ yào shēng chǎn jī dì , xíng tái zhèng tōng guò chǎn sài jǐn mì hù dòng , tuī dòng dāng dì zì xíng chē zhì zào yè bù duàn tí zhì shēng jí .

As a major bicycle manufacturing hub, Xingtai is driving continuous quality improvement and upgrading in the local bicycle manufacturing industry through close collaboration between the industry and cycling events.

奇客SolidotAug 2026

邢志去世后,公司进行了一定补偿,向深圳市人社局申请工伤认定。

xíng zhì qù shì hòu , gōng sī jìn xíng le yī dìng bǔ cháng , xiàng shēn zhèn shì rén shè jú shēn qǐng gōng shāng rèn dìng .

After Xing Zhi’s death, the company provided some compensation and applied to the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security for a work-related injury determination.

中国新闻网·体育Aug 2026

邢台是一个拥有很好运动基础的城市,但过去一段时间,大家的健身需求并没有得到很好满足。

xíng tái shì yī gè yōng yǒu hěn hǎo yùn dòng jī chǔ de chéng shì , dàn guò qù yī duàn shí jiān , dà jiā de jiàn shēn xū qiú bìng méi yǒu dé dào hěn hǎo mǎn zú .

Xingtai is a city with a strong foundation for sports, but for some time now, people’s fitness needs have not been adequately met.

中国新闻网·文化Aug 2026

雷朝良 摄 74岁的邢承榜是永安大腔戏的代表性传承人。

léi cháo liáng shè 7 4 suì de xíng chéng bǎng shì yǒng ān dà qiāng xì de dài biǎo xìng chuán chéng rén .

Photo by Lei Chaoliang. Xing Chengbang, 74, is a leading inheritor of the Yong'an Daqiang Opera.

中国新闻网·体育Jul 2026

中新社 记者 邢翀 摄 新的比分会被写入交锋史,新的进球也会继续被后来人反复观看。

zhōng xīn shè jì zhě xíng 翀 shè xīn de bǐ fēn huì bèi xiě rù jiāo fēng shǐ , xīn de jìn qiú yě huì jì xù bèi hòu lái rén fǎn fù guān kàn .

Photo by Xing Chong, China News Service. The new score will go down in the history of their rivalry, and the new goals will continue to be watched over and over again by future generations.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 阝 (place) component

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 邢 (xíng) mean in Chinese?
邢 (xíng) primarily means "place name." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #4341 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 邢 and 研?
邢 (xíng) and 研 (yán) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 阝 vs 石 (same 开 component).
How many strokes does 邢 have?
邢 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 邢?
The radical associated with 邢 is 阝 (mound). This radical appears in many characters related to mound.
What are the components of 邢?
邢 is composed of: 开 (phonetic), 阝 (semantic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰开阝 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 邢?
Common words with 邢 include: 邢台市 (xíng tái shì, "Xingtai, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省"); 邢台 (xíng tái, "see 邢臺市|邢台市"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 邢 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 邢 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.