衅

xìn

Radical: 血 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

衅 decomposes into the following components:

血 半

Semantic component: 血; phonetic component: 半.

Words containing 衅

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 衅.

寻衅
xún xìn
to pick a quarrel
挑衅
tiǎo xìn
to provoke
衅端
xìn duān
pretext for a dispute
衅隙
xìn xì
enmity
边衅
biān xìn
clash on the frontier
观衅伺隙
guān xìn sì xì
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom)
寻衅滋事罪
xún xìn zī shì zuì

Related characters (radical 血)

Characters that share the radical 血.

血 衄 衆 衊

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