English Definition: strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar; obscene
Chinese Definition:
①肉食：荤菜。荤素。吃荤。开荤。
②佛教徒称葱蒜等有特殊气味的菜：五荤(有几种说法，大致指葱、蒜、韭、薤、芫荽等。亦称“五辛”)。
③指低级、粗俗的语言：这人说着说着就带上了荤字儿。
Total strokes: 12;
Radical: 艸 Pictophonetic:军 indicates the sound;
艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 军 [ jūn ] army, military; soldiers, troops
