qiān

a fault

Components
衍 sound component

  Sound component

yǎn

  

overflow

心 meaning component

  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

heart

Evolution

愆 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
愆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
愆 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
愆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qiān

a fault, mistake, error, transgression; fault; transgression

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qiān

old variant of [qiān]

Most common words with 愆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

fault

罪愆

sin

愆期

(formal) to delay