xiōng

breast

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

匈 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

xiōng

  

breast

Evolution

胸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
胸 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
胸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiōng

breast, bosom, chest; thorax; chest; bosom; heart; mind

() 

xiōng

variant of [xiōng]

Most common words with 胸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

chest

胸部

chest

胸口

pit of the stomach

胸罩

bra

胸腔

thoracic cavity