嫌
xián HSK6

hate

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 兼 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
兼
兼 Sound component
jiān double

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthemN-kˤemdoubt, doubtful
Zhengzhangɡeːm
Unicodehem

說文解字

不平於心也。一曰疑也。从女兼聲。

Sources

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