悬
to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
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Dict coverage rank #1,416 U+60AC
How 悬 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Pride 心 in one's country 县, expressed by a flag; 县 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
suspend · Heisig RSH #1482
县 county + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 悬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 解民倒悬 | jiě mín dào xuán | lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the peop… |
| 明镜高悬 | míng jìng gāo xuán | perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom) |
| 倒悬之苦 | dào xuán zhī kǔ | lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation; dire… |
| 悬羊头卖狗肉 | xuán yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu | see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4] |
| 口若悬河 | kǒu ruò xuán hé | mouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib; voluble; have the gift of the gab |
| 倒悬之急 | dào xuán zhī jí | lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation; di… |
| 中苏解决悬案大纲协定 | Zhōng Sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng | the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord… |
| 天地悬隔 | tiān dì xuán gé | lit. a gulf between heaven and earth (idiom); fig. wide difference of opinion |
| 天悬地隔 | tiān xuán dì gé | see 天差地遠|天差地远[tian1 cha1 di4 yuan3] |
| 倒悬之危 | dào xuán zhī wēi | lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation; di… |
| 垂悬分词 | chuí xuán fēn cí | dangling participle (grammar) |
| 悬浮物 | xuán fú wù | suspended matter |
| 悬空 | xuán kōng | to hang in the air; suspended in midair; (fig.) uncertain |
| 悬河 | xuán hé | "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)… |
| 悬而未决 | xuán ér wèi jué | (idiom) pending a decision; hanging in the balance |
| 悬带 | xuán dài | sling (for immobilizing an injured limb etc) |
| 头悬梁，锥刺股 | tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ | lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom); fig. to … |
| 秦镜高悬 | Qín jìng gāo xuán | see 明鏡高懸|明镜高悬[ming2 jing4 gao1 xuan2] |
| 倒悬 | dào xuán | lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits |
| 悬索桥 | xuán suǒ qiáo | suspension bridge |