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洶

xiōng

turbulent

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

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

匈 sound component

匈  Sound component

xiōng

  

breast

Evolution

洶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
洶 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
洶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

汹 (洶) 

xiōng

the rush of water; turbulent; noisy, restless; torrential rush; tumultuous

Most common words with 洶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

汹涌

turbulent

气势汹汹

aggressive

波涛汹涌

waves surging forth

汹

tumultuous

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2746th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

汹

Unicode

U+6D36

Shuowen

“洶，涌也。从水，匈聲。”


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