胸胁
xiōng​xié

chest and hypochondrium

胸 xiōng breast

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

匈
匈 SoundMeaning component
xiōng breast

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰoŋ
Unicodexiong

說文解字

《說文》：“匈，聲也。从勹，凶聲。，匈或从肉。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

胁 xié ribs Simplified

Simplified form of 脅. Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 劦 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

力
力 Simplified component
lì, li power

Shorthand for the 劦 component in the traditional character 脅.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

脅 xié ribs Traditional

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

劦
劦 Sound component
xié, liè cooperate, combined labor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjæpqʰ<r>epflank, side of the body
Zhengzhanghlams
hlab
Unicodexiæp

說文解字

兩𦜶也。从肉劦聲。

Sources

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