IDENTITY
险xiǎndanger; risky
HSK 3Top 600
CORE MEANING
danger; risky
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.dangerous; riskHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 阝mound radical (fù)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰阝佥
- the cliff
- gives the sound xiǎn (historical)
USAGE
Common words
危险wēixiǎndangerous
保险bǎoxiǎninsurance
Graded examples
过马路要注意安全。Guò mǎlù yào zhùyì ānquán.HSK3
Be careful crossing the road.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 捡
LEARNING
Memory aid
A cliff (阝) everyone (佥) warns about — perilous. (From 險.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #600
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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