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腥
xīng
1. fishy (smell)
HSK 6 Common • Top 14% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

腥
xīng
fishy, rank; raw meat
HSK 6 13 丶

Compound Words (7)

荤腥
hūnxīng
meat and fish
臊腥
sāoxīng
stench
偷腥
tōuxīng
to cheat on one's spouse
血腥
xuèxīng
reeking of blood
鱼腥草
yúxīngcǎo
Houttuynia cordata
腥风血雨
xīngfēngxuèyǔ
lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom)
血腥玛丽
XuèxīngMǎlì
Bloody Mary

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,746
Word Frequency Rank
11,414 of 84,292