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CHINESE CHARACTER

hēng

哼

哼

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humph!

Numbered pinyin
heng1
English meanings
humph!

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 口; right 亨.

  • Left

    口
  • Right

    亨
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    • Top

      亠
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    • Middle

      口
    • Bottom

      了
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Meaning & sound clues

口 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mouth”.

亨 is identified as the sound component (hēng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 哼.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰口亨

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    hēng哼le了yī一shēng声。

    Huffed.

  2. 02

    hēng哼zhe着gē歌。

    Humming a tune.

  3. 03

    hēng哼,zhēn真tǎoyàn讨厌。

    Hmph, annoying.

  4. 04

    biǎo表shì示bùmǎn不满。

    Show displeasure.

  5. 05

    huǎnjiě缓解qíngxù情绪。

    Calm the mood.

  6. 06

    huàn换gè个xīnqíng心情。

    Change the mood.

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