匈 (Xiōng)

Hungary; Hungarian; abbr. for 匈牙利[Xiong1 ya2 li4]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 勹 represents the meaning and 凶 represents the sound.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“匈,聲也。从勹,凶聲。,匈或从肉。”

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