IDENTITY
熊xióngbear
HSK 4Top 1550
CORE MEANING
bear
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.bearHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 灬fire radical (huǒ)
- strokes
- 14
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱能灬
- gives the sound xióng (historical)
- the heavy paws
USAGE
Common words
熊猫xióngmāopanda
狗熊gǒuxióngblack bear
Graded examples
熊猫喜欢吃竹子。Xióngmāo xǐhuan chī zhúzi.HSK3
Pandas love eating bamboo.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The mighty one (能) on four heavy paws (灬) — the bear.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1550
- 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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