觊觎
jì​yú

covet

觊 jì covet Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 见 represents the meaning and 岂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 覬.

Components

见
见 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
岂
岂 Sound component
qǐ victorious music, happy

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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

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Unicode

覬 covet Traditional

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

Components

見
見 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
豈
豈 Sound component
qǐ victorious music, happy

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkrɯls
Unicodegyì

說文解字

㰟𡴘也。从見豈聲。

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

覦 desire strongly Traditional

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

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