胁

脅
xié
#1,492 most
frequent character
flank (the side of one's torso)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

胁 has 月 body-meat as its meaning part and 办 as an empty part, once 劦, the old sound part. It first meant the ribs below the armpits. The meaning grew to upper body. 'To coerce or threaten' was borrowed for its sound.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

胁xié
variant of 脅|胁[xie2]

Homophones

HSK 5
斜xié
inclined, slanting, oblique
邪xié
demonic, iniquitous, nefarious
协xié
to cooperate, to harmonize, to help
叶xié
to be in harmony

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