瞋
chēn

glare with anger

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Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
真
真 Sound component
zhēn real

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhintʰi[n] glare (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“瞋，張目也。从目，真聲。，祕書瞋从戌。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)