HSK 3 · Problems & Solutions

危险

wēi xiǎn

danger; dangerous

Stroke order of 危险

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

危 · 6 strokes险 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

A person on a cliff 厂 crouching 卩 faces danger; 险 is a mound 阝 of peril.

Parts: 危: 厂+卩+ᄆ; 险: 阝 mound + 佥 all

Example sentence

过马路要小心，很危险。

Be careful crossing the road; it's dangerous.

Words with 危

危害to harm; harm

Words with 险

保险insurance; safe 风险risk

More words: Problems & Solutions

调查to investigate; survey 错误mistake; wrong 事故accident 事件incident; event 意外accident; unexpected 风险risk 紧急urgent; emergency 解决to solve 处理to handle; to deal with 克服to overcome 防to guard against 防止to prevent 预防to prevent 保护to protect 破坏to destroy; damage

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