阉
yān

castrate

阉 (閹) yān
castrate verb
to remove the reproductive organs of a male person or animal; to neuter

这头小公猪刚出生不久就被阉了。

zhè tóu xiǎo gōng​zhū gāng chū​shēng bù​jiǔ jiù bèi yān le.

This young boar was castrated shortly after birth.

eunuch noun
a person who has been castrated, specifically referring to palace officials in historical contexts

这些阉人在朝廷中拥有很大的权力。

zhè​xiē yān​rén zài cháo​tíng zhōng yōng​yǒu hěn dà de quán​lì.

These eunuchs held great power in the imperial court.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,814th most common 3.58 per million
Movie subtitles
3,115th most common 2.88 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.47 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.80 per million

Details
Traditional
閹
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+9609

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)