荤

葷
hūn, xūn
HSK 3.0 7
Rank #4295

Definitions

hūn strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar; obscene
xūn used in 葷粥|荤粥[xūn yù]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound. Simplified form of 葷.

Semantic: 艹 Phonetic: 军

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Seal etymology image
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical etymology image
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical etymology image
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 军

挥 辉 浑 晕 晖 诨 恽 郓 珲 皲 裈 翚

Component: 艹

英 花 落 节 苏 苦 若 药 获 范 著 艺 草 藏

Components

军 艹

Example Words

荤素 荤菜 开荤 七荤八素 荤腥 荤油 荤话