xiōng
noun #63,225

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 匈奴) the Xiongnu
  2. 2 (in 匈牙利) Hungary
  3. 3 old form of 胸 (chest)

Examples

Xiōngnú shì Hàndài qiángdà de yóumù mínzú.
The Xiongnu were a powerful nomadic people of the Han period.
Xiōngyálì de shǒudū shì Bùdápèisī.
The capital of Hungary is Budapest.

Tips

usage
Now mostly a name element: 匈奴 (the historical Xiongnu confederation) and 匈牙利 (Hungary). It is an older written form of (chest), but for the body part modern Chinese always uses .

Components

radical
bāo
to wrap
The wrapping enclosure is the indexing radical. It curves around the inner element, its two strokes split across the stroke order: the opening hook first, the closing sweep last after the inside is written.
phonetic
xiōng
fierce; ominous
Inside supplies the sound — xiōng with no tone shift. It contributes no meaning here; it is a pure phonetic wrapped by .

Stroke Order

xiōng