qiāng

chest cavity

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 .

空 sound component

  Sound component

kōngkòng

  

empty

Evolution

腔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腔 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
腔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qiāng

chest cavity; hollow in body; cavity of body; barrel (e.g. engine cylinder); compartment; tune; accent of speech

Most common words with 腔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

tune

娘娘腔

sissy

口腔

oral cavity

腹腔

abdominal cavity

胸腔

thoracic cavity