婪
lán HSK7

covet

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惏.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
林
林 Sound component
lín forest

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

漤

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlom[r]ˤ[ə]mto covet
Zhengzhangɡ·ruːm
Unicodelom

說文解字

貪也。从女林聲。杜林說：卜者黨相詐驗爲婪。讀若潭。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)