Gloss

sweet smelling → melancholy, sweet smelling

Hint

Depicts a person (大) trampling another person (勹), who is depressed, in a forest (林). 鬯 (sacrificial wine) was later added to the character since the meaning later extended to "sweet smelling".

Verified

No → Yes

Components

• 林 Iconic
  • hint: forest → (empty)
  • type: meaning → iconic
• 鬯 Meaning
  • hint: (empty) → This component was later added since the meaning of this character extended to "sweet smelling".
  • type: unknown → meaning
• 彡 UnknownDistinguishing
  • hint: (empty) → This component was possibly added as decorative strokes.
  • type: unknown → unknown, distinguishing
• + 大 Iconic Depicts a person trampling. Modern form looks like unrelated 缶.
• + 勹 Iconic Here used to depict a depressed person being trampled. Modern form looks like unrelated 冖.
• - 缶 Sound
• - 冖 Unknown

Sources

• + 漢語多功能字庫
• + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.433-434
• + Wiktionary

Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources

edit character by inralback19 Feb 11, 2026, 01:01 AM

Gloss

melancholy, sweet smelling → sweet smelling

Components

• 林 Meaning
  • hint: (empty) → forest
  • type: iconic → meaning
• 鬯 Unknown
  • hint: This component was later added since the meaning of this character extended to "sweet smelling". → (empty)
  • type: meaning → unknown
• 彡 Unknown
  • hint: This component was possibly added as decorative strokes. → (empty)
  • type: unknown, distinguishing → unknown
• + 缶 Sound
• + 冖 Unknown
• - 大 Iconic
• - 勹 Iconic

Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources

edit character by inralback19 Feb 11, 2026, 01:01 AM

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Changed: gloss, hint, verified, components, sources

edit character by Prismcool Sep 25, 2023, 05:22 PM