懂中文 Dong Chinese

脅

xié

ribs

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

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

劦 sound component

劦  Sound component

xié, liè

  

cooperate, combined labor

Evolution

脅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
脅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

胁 (脅) 

xié

ribs; armpits; flank; threaten; flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten

Most common words with 脅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

威胁

to threaten

胁迫

to coerce

胁

to coerce

胁持

to hold under duress

胁从犯

induced accomplice