IDENTITY
男nánmale; man
HSK 1Top 310
CORE MEANING
male; man
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.male; manHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 田field radical (tián)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱田力
- field (where men worked)
- strength
USAGE
Common words
男人nánrénman
男生nánshēngmale student
男朋友nánpéngyouboyfriend
Graded examples
他是我的男朋友。Tā shì wǒ de nánpéngyou.HSK2
He is my boyfriend.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Strength (力) in the fields (田) — the work of a man.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #310
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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