腥 — Chinese character
腥
xīng
fishy, rank; raw meat
- Pinyin
- xīng
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 星
- Formation
- pictophonetic — meat; meaning component ⺼; sound component 星
- Japanese
- 腥 as a kanji
Common words with 腥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
| 偷腥 | tōu xīng | to cheat on one's spouse; to have an affair |
| 血雨腥风 (血雨腥風) | xuè yǔ xīng fēng | see 腥风血雨 (xīng fēng xuè yǔ) |
| 腥风血雨 (腥風血雨) | xīng fēng xuè yǔ | (lit.) foul wind and bloody rain (idiom); (fig.) reign of terror; carnage |
| 鱼腥草 (魚腥草) | yú xīng cǎo | chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata) |
| 腥臭 | xīng chòu | fishy and smelly |
| 荤腥 (葷腥) | hūn xīng | meat and fish |
| 土腥 | tǔ xīng | (of a taste or smell) earthy |
| 臊腥 | sāo xīng | stench; stink |
English words written with 腥
腥 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1
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