膻
shān
a rank odor; a technical term from Chinese medicine for the center of the chest
- Strokes
- 17
- Frequency
- No. 3,321
- Traditional
- 羶
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What 膻 means
(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻; variant of 膻; used in 膻中; fetid; gamy; rank; (esp.) hircine
Pictophonetic: semantic ⺼ (meat), phonetic 亶
Made of 亶
Words with 膻
- 膻中穴dàn zhōng xué(TCM) acupuncture point CV-17, located in the middle of the chest
- 猪膻味zhū shān wèiboar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
- 如蚁附膻rú yǐ fù shānlike ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful; the crowd runs after trash
- 膻中dàn zhōngsee 膻中穴