(xióng): male, staminate, grand

(xióng) is a Chinese character meaning “male.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (phonetic) and (semantic). It ranks #1053 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, bird. Its radical form (short-tailed bird) appears in many related characters such as (nán, difficult (to...)), (, to gather), (qiāo, a freckle).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. male
  2. staminate
  3. grand

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticbird

Decomposition: ⿰厷隹 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounyīng xiónghero6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
xióng xìngmale
xióng fēngvigor
cí xióngmale and female
xióng xīngreat ambition
xióng yīngmale eagle
xióng wěigrand
xióng shīmale lion
xióng biàneloquent
xióng xīn bó bóaggressive and grand (idiom)
xióng hòusubstantial
xióng fēngdrone (bee)
xióng jīrooster
qún xióngoutstanding heroes
xióng zhuàngmajestic
wú míng yīng xióngunnamed hero
94
Total compounds
40
As first character
31
As last character
29
As middle character

appears in 94 compound words: 40 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 29 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

yīng
0.607257,412 co-occurrences
0.57125,842 co-occurrences
gāo
0.552271,591 co-occurrences
0.4468,076 co-occurrences
zhuàng
0.44211 co-occurrences
shì
0.434107,802 co-occurrences
dié
0.4267,290 co-occurrences
shī
0.4183,348 co-occurrences
téng
0.39413,200 co-occurrences
luǎn
0.3934,086 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (13)

cíxióng tóng tǐHSK 7+

hermaphrodite

noun
殿dàxióng bǎo diànHSK 7+

Mahavira Hall, the main hall in a Mahayana Buddhist temple

noun
gù pàn zì xióngHSK 6+

to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)

phrase
jué yī cí xióngHSK 7+

see 一決雌雄|一决雌雄[yi1 jue2 ci2 xiong2]

phrase
mínzú yīngxióngHSK 6+

national hero; folk hero; people's hero

noun
wúmíngyīngxióngHSK 6+

unsung hero; unknown soldier

phrase
xióngcáidàlüèHSK 6+

to have outstanding ability and great strategy

phrase
xióngxīnbóbóHSK 7+

to be very ambitious

phrase
xióngxìng jīsùHSK 6+

androgen

noun
yījuécíxióngHSK 7+

to have a showdown to determine the victor

phrase
yīngxiónghǎohànHSK 6+

heroes

phrase
yīngxióngjiùměiHSK 6+

a (male) hero saves a damsel in distress

phrase

Showing 12 of 13 idioms containing .

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

学习字需要反复练习,才能写得工整。

xué xí xióng zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .

Mastering the character "雄" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.

風傳媒Feb 2026

战争传奇、奥运金牌、救难英、凶案受害者家属 美国总统国情咨文主角为...

zhàn zhēng chuán qí , ào yùn jīn pái , jiù nán yīng xióng , xiōng àn shòu hài zhě jiā shǔ měi guó zǒng tǒng guó qíng zī wén zhǔ jiǎo wéi . . .

War legends, Olympic gold medals, rescue heroes, families of murder victims The protagonists of the US President's State of the Union address are...

LtnFeb 2026

大寮毒驾冲撞警车 拦腰撞断电杆男女就逮

gāo xióng dà 寮 dú jià chōng zhuàng jǐng chē lán yāo zhuàng duàn diàn gān nán nǚ jiù dǎi

Kaohsiung Daliao's drug driver crashed into a police car and stopped the waist and broke the power pole and arrested the man and woman

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

转弯碰撞 高公车去年21事故2死

zhuǎn wān pèng zhuàng gāo xióng gōng chē qù nián 2 1 shì gù 2 sǐ

Turning collision Kaohsiung bus 21 accidents and 2 deaths last year

LtnFeb 2026

汉神巨蛋稳居高百货王 百货商圈概念宅成市场焦点 品牌建...

hàn shén jù dàn wěn jū gāo xióng bǎi huò wáng bǎi huò shāng juān gài niàn zhái chéng shì chǎng jiāo diǎn pǐn pái jiàn . . .

Hanshin Dome is firmly in the king of Kaohsiung Department Stores, and the concept of department store business district has become the focus of the market.

百度新闻Feb 2026

高标准高质量推进安新区建设现代化城市丨安新区新..

gāo biāo zhǔn gāo zhì liàng tuī jìn xióng ān xīn qū jiàn shè xiàn dài huà chéng shì 丨 xióng ān xīn qū xīn . .

Promote the construction of Xiong'an New Area into a modern city with high standards and high quality丨Xiong'an New Area New:

Tatoeba

泽伦斯基是战争英

Zé lún sī jī shì zhànzhēng yīngxióng.

Zelensky is a war hero.

Tatoeba

你看过《沙漠狮》吗?

Nǐ kàn guo 《 shāmò xióngshī 》 ma?

Have you seen the movie "Lion of The Desert"?

Tatoeba

辩如银,沉默如金。

Xióngbiàn rú yín, chénmò rú jīn.

Eloquence is silver, silence is golden.

Tatoeba

尽管受到暴君的迫害,英还顽强地斗争。

Jǐnguǎn shòudào bàojūn de pòhài, yīngxióng hái wánqiáng de dòuzhēng.

In spite of the tyrant’s persecution, the hero valiantly carried on the struggle.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced xióng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 雄 (xióng) mean in Chinese?
雄 (xióng) primarily means "male." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1053 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 雄 and 母?
雄 (xióng) and 母 (mǔ) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 雄 (male) vs 母 (female).
How many strokes does 雄 have?
雄 is written with 12 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 雄?
The radical associated with 雄 is 隹 (short-tailed bird). This radical appears in many characters related to short-tailed bird.
What are the components of 雄?
雄 is composed of: 厷 (phonetic), 隹 (semantic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰厷隹 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 雄?
Common words with 雄 include: 英雄 (yīng xióng, "hero"); 雄性 (xióng xìng, "male"); 雄风 (xióng fēng, "vigor"); 雌雄 (cí xióng, "male and female"); 雄心 (xióng xīn, "great ambition"). There are over 94 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 雄 (xióng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation xióng: 凶 (terrible), 兄 (elder brother), 汹 (torrential rush), 胸 (chest), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 雄 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 雄 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.