Chinese Character Wiki
匈

xiōng

breast

Phonosemantic compound. 勹 represents the meaning and 凶 represents the sound.

Components
勹 meaning component

勹  Meaning component

bāo

  

wrap

凶 sound component

凶  Sound component

xiōng

  

vicious, fierce

Evolution

匈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

匈  

xiōng

breast, chest, thorax; clamor; the Hsiung Nu 'Huns'; old variant of 胸[xiōng]

匈  

Xiōng

Hungary; Hungarian; abbr. for 匈牙利[Xiōng​yá​lì]

Most common words with 匈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

匈牙利

Hungary

匈奴

Xiongnu

匈

Hungary

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

胸

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

胸 洶

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.2174% of movies

3024th most common character in movies

2503rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5308

Shuowen

“匈，聲也。从勹，凶聲。，匈或从肉。”


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