xián

hate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

兼 sound component

  Sound component

jiān

  

double

Evolution

嫌 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
嫌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嫌 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
嫌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xián

hate, detest; suspect; criticize; to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xián​fàn], criminal suspect

Most common words with 嫌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

嫌疑人

a suspect

嫌犯

criminal suspect

涉嫌

to be suspected of

to dislike

嫌疑犯

a suspect