When the formation data identifies 血 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
血
Radical 143 of 214 · 6 strokes
Blood
xuè
Unicode uses 血 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is blood; Kangxi radical 143. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
Character index
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血xuèbloodDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Depicts a drop of blood in a container (皿).
- ◎Pictographic componentcharacterless component
- 皿Pictographic componentdish; vessel
- Category radical
- 血 blood
- Visual structure
- 丿 + 皿
HSK words with 血3 words in this course
衅xìnto quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrificeDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 血 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound. Simplified form of 釁.
- 血Semantic componentblood
- 半Phonetic componenthalf
- Category radical
- 血 blood
- Visual structure
- 血 + 半
HSK words with 衅1 word in this course
衊mièto smear, to slander; to defileDetails+
compound formation
Compound formation: To slight 蔑 with smeared blood 血; 蔑 also provides the pronunciation
- Category radical
- 血 blood
- Visual structure
- 血 + 蔑
HSK words with 衊1 word in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.