huāng
region between heart and diaphragm
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 肓
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
the situation is hopeless | ||
region between heart and diaphragm |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4838th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+8093 |
Shuowen | “肓，心上鬲下也。从肉，亡聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘病在肓之下。’” |
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