汹 xiōng turbulent
turbulent; torrential; restless
怎么记住“汹”: 氵 water + 凶 culprit = turbulent. After the storm the water rises, and the running culprit is caught on the bank, because the river is far too turbulent to swim.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 水 + 匈
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
汹 = 氵 water + 凶 culprit
- 氵 water meaning
- 凶 culprit shape only
After the storm the water rises, and the running culprit is caught on the bank, because the river is far too turbulent to swim.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning, and the right part is a shorter form of the sound part of the full form.
用法
- Turbulent, surging: 汹涌 (xiōngyǒng), of violently surging water: 波涛汹涌 (bōtāo xiōngyǒng) raging waves.
- 气势汹汹 (qìshì-xiōngxiōng) describes coming on fiercely/menacingly: an aggressive manner.