胁

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flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To control 办 another's body ⺼

Components ⺼办

threaten · Heisig RSH #1989

flesh + sweat

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
军事威胁	jūn shì wēi xié	military threat
斑胁田鸡	bān xié tián jī	(bird species of China) band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii)
红胁绣眼鸟	hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo	(bird species of China) chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
红胁蓝尾鸲	hóng xié lán wěi qú	(bird species of China) red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
潜在威胁	qián zài wēi xié	potential threat; potential menace
灰胁噪鹛	huī xié zào méi	(bird species of China) grey-sided laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus)
褐胁雀鹛	hè xié què méi	(bird species of China) rusty-capped fulvetta (Schoeniparus dubius)
斑胁姬鹛	bān xié jī méi	(bird species of China) Himalayan cutia (Cutia nipalensis)
胁从犯	xié cóng fàn	accomplice under duress; coerced accomplice; induced accomplice
威胁	wēi xié	to threaten; to menace
胸胁	xiōng xié	chest and hypochondrium; upper part of the body
胁持	xié chí	to hold under duress
胁迫	xié pò	to coerce; to compel; to force
迫胁	pò xié	to coerce; fig. narrow
裹胁	guǒ xié	to compel; to coerce
骈胁	pián xié	fused ribs (physical deformity)