覦
yú

desire strongly

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

Components

見
見 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
俞
俞 Sound component
yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglo
los

說文解字

欲也。从見俞聲。

Sources

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

觎 yú desire strongly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 见 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound. Simplified form of 覦.

Components

见
见 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
俞
俞 Sound component
yú, shù surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode