險
xiǎn HSK6

danger, narrow pass

险 (險) xiǎn
danger adjective
a state or situation involving exposure to harm, injury, or loss

由于救援及时，他终于脱离了危险。

yóu​yú jiù​yuán jí​shí, tā zhōng​yú tuō​lí le wēi xiǎn.

Thanks to the timely rescue, he is finally out of danger.

rugged adjective
precipitous, steep, or difficult to traverse (of terrain)

前面的山路非常险，你要多加小心。

qián​miàn de shān​lù fēi​cháng xiǎn, nǐ yào duō​jiā xiǎo​xīn.

The mountain road ahead is very dangerous; you should be extra careful.

Frequency
Character
Written text
672nd most common 300.0 per million
Movie subtitles
510th most common 281.4 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
15.7 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
42.7 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Simplified
险
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+96AA

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)