懂中文 Dong Chinese

腥

xīng

raw meat

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

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

星 sound component

星  Sound component

xīng

  

a star

Evolution

腥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

腥  

xīng

raw meat; rank, strong-smelling; fishy (smell)

Most common words with 腥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

血腥

reeking of blood

腥

fishy (smell)

鱼腥草

Houttuynia cordata

腥风血雨

carnage

荤腥

meat and fish