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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 腥

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
腥 xīng - fishy (smell)

List Ranking for: 腥

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 7 17,479 12,934 13,091

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ ⺼ 星

Radical:

⺼

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

星

Semantic:

⺼

Hint:

Meat

Other Words Containing 腥

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
血腥 - - 6,103 11,173 8,005
腥 6 7 17,479 12,934 13,091
腥臭 - - 55,054 48,743 60,213
腥风血雨 - - 72,433 57,517 41,718