Dong Chinese dictionary

huāng

region between heart and diaphragm

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

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

亡 Sound component

wáng

death

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

huāng

region between heart and diaphragm

Most common words with 肓

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	病入膏肓	the situation is hopeless
	肓	region between heart and diaphragm

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