悬
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xuán · to hang, to hoist, to suspend

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HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #7493
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11Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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心Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 悬

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Example sentences

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Tā de huà bèi xuán guà zài qiáng shàng.他的画被悬挂在墙上。

His pictures were hung on the wall.

Source: Tatoeba #1501746 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ chà diǎn cóng xuán yá shàng diào xià qù.我差点从悬崖上掉下去。

I nearly fell off the cliff.

Source: Tatoeba #9931179 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rén men pǔ biàn rènwéi xuán guà shì huá xiáng yùn dòng shì wēi xiǎn de.人们普遍认为悬挂式滑翔运动是危险的。

There is a tendency for people to think that hang gliding is dangerous.

Source: Tatoeba #1408104 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhī mài yí bù, nǐ jiù huì luò xià xuán yá.只迈一步,你就会落下悬崖。

A single step, and you will fall over the cliff.

Source: Tatoeba #5611430 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā men yì zhí pá dào xuán yá dǐng shàng.他们一直爬到悬崖顶上。

They climbed to the top of a cliff.

Source: Tatoeba #333278 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Chēzi ruò shì diào luò xuán yá tā men zǎo jiù méi mìng le.车子若是掉落悬崖他们早就没命了。

They'd have been killed if the car had gone over the cliff.

Source: Tatoeba #6678465 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 悬 in context

  1. Say xuán, then recall the core meaning: to hang, to hoist, to suspend.
  2. Write all 11 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 悬挂 (xuán guà), meaning “to suspend”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 悬 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.