jealousy

An envious  woman  also provides the pronunciation

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

疾 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

illness

Evolution

嫉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嫉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嫉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
嫉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jealousy; be jealous of; to be jealous of

Most common words with 嫉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

嫉妒

to envy

jealousy

愤世嫉俗

to be cynical

妒嫉

envy

嫉恨

to resent