淫猥
yín​wěi

obscene

淫 yín obscene

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
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

霪

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

霪

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyimN.r[ə]mexcess; licentious
Zhengzhanglɯm

說文解字

侵淫隨理也。从水㸒聲。一曰久雨爲淫。

Sources

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

猥 wěi, wèi vulgar

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 畏 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

畏
畏 Sound component
wèi fear

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangquːlʔ
Unicodequə̌i

說文解字

犬吠聲。从犬畏聲。

Sources

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