Memory phrase for the character: 腥

腥

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Meaning

fishy (smell)

Pronunciation

xīng

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: star 星 (Suns 日 with life 生 are the stars.)

Mnemonic
 
If the body is already at the stars, it has a bad smell.

Radicals

肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
星 starThe living 生 suns 日 are the stars.




 Vocabulary

血腥 xuè xīng  reeking of blood; bloody (events)
血腥玛丽 Xuè xīng Mǎ lì  Bloody Mary
血腥味 xuè xīng wèi  smell of blood
血腥味 xuè xīng wèi  

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