Chinese symbol for “flank”
胁
xié
Traditional: 脅
flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flank is 胁 (xié), defined as: flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “flank”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 威胁 (威脅) | wēi xié | to threaten; to menace |
| 胁迫 (脅迫) | xié pò | to coerce; to compel |
| 胁持 (脅持) | xié chí | to hold under duress |
| 裹胁 (裹脅) | guǒ xié | to compel; to coerce |
| 胸胁 (胸脅) | xiōng xié | chest and hypochondrium; upper part of the body |
| 斑胁姬鹛 (斑脅姬鶥) | bān xié jī méi | (bird species of China) Himalayan cutia (Cutia nipalensis) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “flank”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.