荤
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 葷RegularTraditional
- 荤SimplifiedToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
hūn as in 开荤 hun1
- strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
- non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
- vulgar
- obscene
xūn xun1
- used in 荤粥 (Xūn yù)
Words with 荤
- 开荤kāihūnto eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet
- 油荤yóuhūnmeat foods
- 荤油hūnyóulard
- 荤话hūnhuàobscene speech; crude language
- 五荤wǔhūn(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
- 荤素hūnsùmeat and vegetable
- 荤菜hūncàinon-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
- 荤辛hūnxīnvery pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)
- 茹荤rúhūnto eat meat
- 荤腥hūnxīngmeat and fish
- 荤笑话hūnxiàohuadirty jokes
- 有荤有素yǒuhūnyǒusùto include both meat and vegetables