Read Edit View history 羡 xiàn HSK7 desire, envy Origin Definitions Defs 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. Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode