(xiǎn) - dangerous, risky (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
xiǎnTraditional: 險
Translation
dangerous, risky (bound morpheme)
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Word origin
The simplified form of 險; the mound radical 阝 (hill) points to steep, treacherous terrain, while the right side 佥 (qiān) gives the sound, hence dangerous or risky.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 阝 (mound, hill radical) + 佥 (qiān, phonetic)
Stroke order
险
Examples
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Driving too fast is very dangerous.
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There is danger here, please leave.
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He enjoys taking risks.
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This road is too dangerous.
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The mountain paths are perilous.
险 (xiǎn) means dangerous or risky. It is a bound morpheme that anchors 危险 (wēi xiǎn), the everyday word for danger.
Where this fits
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 险.
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