荤腥
hūn​xīng

meat and fish

荤 hūn, xūn meat diet Simplified

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

军
军 Sound component
jūn army

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腥 xīng raw meat

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

星
星 Sound component
xīng a star

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangseːŋ
seːŋs
Unicodeseng

說文解字

星見食豕，令肉中生小息肉也。从肉从星，星亦聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

葷 meat diet Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 軍 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

軍
軍 Sound component
jūn army

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjunqʰu[n]Allium
Zhengzhangqʰun

說文解字

臭菜也。从艸軍聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)