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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD Regular Modern
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Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zjenH | s-N-qa[r]-s | covet, desire |
| zjenH | s-[ɢ]a[n]-s | surplus, affluence | |
| yen | [ɢ]a[n] | extend; go forward |
說文解字
《說文》：“羨，貪欲也。从，从羑省。羑呼之羑，文王所拘羑里。”
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)