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Word and Radical Components of 胸

The Chinese word 胸 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
胸 xiōng 1. chest; thorax
2. breast; bosom
3. (figurative) mind; heart of hearts; thought

胸 ⇨ 月 + 匈
Component Pinyin Meanings
月 yuè 1. (literary or dialectal) moon
2. moon-shaped objects
3. (literary) moonlight
4. month
     Synonyms: 月份, wuu:號頭
5. monthly
     月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage
6. Variant of 肉
7. Variant of 夕
8. Variant of 明
匈 1. Variant of 胸
xiōng 2. Hun, Hunnic
3. Short for 匈牙利, Hungary, Hungarian
4. (zh-used, 匈匈)
5. usage. This character is only used in some proper nouns and is not productive in modern Chinese. See 匈牙利.

匈 ⇨ 勹 + 凶
Component Pinyin Meanings
勹 1. wrap
2. Variant of 包
凶 xiōng 1. inauspicious; bad luck; bad omen
     Antonyms: 吉
2. to have a famine due to crop failure
     凶年 - year of bad harvest and famine
3. Variant of 兇

凶 ⇨ 凵 + 㐅
Component Pinyin Meanings
凵 1. open box
qiǎn 2. Variant of 坎
3. (obsolete) to open one's mouth
㐅 1. Variant of 五