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懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
懈 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

懈 Stroke Order — How to Write 懈

Stroke Order

懈 is written in 16 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 忄, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

懈 Radical and Character Components

Components:忄解

懈 is a phono-semantic compound: 忄 (heart) carries the meaning, while 解 indicates the sound.

Radical: 忄 + 13 more strokes

懈 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • xiè

Meanings of 懈 in Chinese

1

xiè懈

Not tense; slack; relaxed; to slacken off or be negligent.
面对挑战，我们必须常备不懈，才能确保成功
Facing challenges, we must always be prepared and never slacken our efforts to ensure success.

Common Words and Phrases with 懈

1
xiè懈chǎng场
To be slack or negligent on stage during a performance (referring to actors).
他告诫年轻演员，舞台表演要全神贯注，千万不能懈场，否则会影响观众的观感。
He warned the young actors that stage performances require full concentration and they must never become lax, or it would affect the audience's experience.
2
xiè懈chí弛
Slack; loose and lazy; lax in discipline.
她提醒自己不要因为小小的成就而懈弛学习的动力。
She reminded herself not to let her motivation for studying slacken due to small achievements.
3
xiè懈dài怠
slack; sluggish; negligent
他学习上从不懈怠，总是努力做到最好。
He never slacks off in his studies, always striving to do his best.
4
xiè懈duò惰
Sluggishness; laziness; slackness.
长时间的懈惰会让人失去斗志和目标。
Prolonged idleness can cause a person to lose their ambition and direction.
5
xiè懈jìn劲
to slacken one's efforts; to lose one's drive or momentum.
临近比赛，选手们丝毫不敢懈劲，每天都坚持高强度训练。
As the competition drew near, the athletes dared not slack off at all, persisting in high-intensity training every day.
6
xiè懈màn慢
Slothful and arrogant; negligent.
他对学习总是抱有懈慢的态度，成绩自然难以提高。
He always maintains a negligent and arrogant attitude towards his studies, so his grades naturally find it difficult to improve.
7
xiè懈qì气
To slacken one's efforts; to become lax or negligent.
虽然比赛才进行了一半，但我们绝不能懈气，要坚持到最后。
Even though the game is only halfway through, we must not lose our drive; we have to persevere until the very end.

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Questions about 懈

What does 懈 mean in Chinese?

懈 (xiè) means “Not tense” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 懈?

懈 is pronounced xiè in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 懈 have?

懈 has 16 strokes.

How do you write 懈?

懈 is written in 16 strokes, starting from the radical 忄. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 懈?

The radical of 懈 is 忄, and 懈 is a phono-semantic compound.