腥
fishy (smell)
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Dict coverage rank #3,134 U+8165
How 腥 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “meat”) + 星 (phonetic, xīng)
How to remember it
fishy smell · Heisig RSH #2572
flesh + 星 star
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 星
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 星 (xīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 星 sound component | xīng | star, planet; a point of light |
| 醒 | xǐng | to wake up, to startle; to sober up |
| 猩 | xīng | ape, orangutan |
| 戥 | děng | a steelyard balance for weighing money |
Words containing 腥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腥风血雨 | xīng fēng xuè yǔ | (lit.) foul wind and bloody rain (idiom); (fig.) reign of terror; carnage |
| 血雨腥风 | xuè yǔ xīng fēng | see 腥風血雨|腥风血雨[xing1 feng1 xue4 yu3] |
| 鱼腥草 | yú xīng cǎo | chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata) |
| 血腥玛丽 | Xuè xīng Mǎ lì | Bloody Mary |
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
| 土腥 | tǔ xīng | (of a taste or smell) earthy |
| 腥臭 | xīng chòu | fishy and smelly |
| 偷腥 | tōu xīng | to cheat on one's spouse; to have an affair |
| 荤腥 | hūn xīng | meat and fish |
| 臊腥 | sāo xīng | stench; stink |