in English

xiǎn adjective, adverb HSK 6
danger / dangerous / rugged

Stroke order

Le caractère 险 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
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Le caractère 險 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 險, the traditional character: 险 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 1497年,约翰卡博特前往加拿大探险。

    In 1497, John Cabot explored Canada.

  • 一知半解很危险。

    A little learning is a dangerous thing.

  • 万一船运迟了,我们有特别的迟到保险。

    In case the shipment is delayed, we have special delay insurance.

  • 不管我们选哪条路,都会有危险。

    Whichever way we choose will involve danger.

  • 不要冒险。

    Don't run risks.

  • 他们出发去南极探险。

    They went on an expedition to the Antarctic.

  • 他冒着生命危险救了那条狗。

    He rescued the dog at the risk of his own life.

  • 他写了一本关于丛林冒险的书。

    He wrote a book about a jungle adventure.

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