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羡
xiàn HSK7

desire, envy

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Depicts a person salivating (㳄) when seeing a tasty sheep (羊) that they have a desire to eat.

Components

羊
羊 Iconic component
yáng sheep
㳄
㳄 SoundIconicRemnant component
xián spit, saliva

Modern form looks like 次.

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Character origin
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