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荤
葷
hūn
1. strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
2. non-vegetarian food (meat, fish, spicy food etc)
3. vulgar
4. obscene
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

荤
hūn
non-vegetarian food; garlic; a foul smell
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (10)

茹荤
rúhūn
to eat meat
荤油
hūnyóu
lard
荤素
hūnsù
meat and vegetable
荤腥
hūnxīng
meat and fish
荤菜
hūncài
non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
荤辛
hūnxīn
very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)
开荤
kāihūn
to resume a meat diet
荤笑话
hūnxiàohuà
dirty jokes
七荤八素
qīhūnbāsù
confused
茹荤饮酒
rúhūnyǐnjiǔ
to eat meat and drink wine

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
4,294
Word Frequency Rank
3,492 of 84,292

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