HSK7-9
xiàn
desire, envy
Depicts a person salivating (㳄) when seeing a tasty sheep (羊) that they have a desire to eat.
羊 Iconic component
yáng
sheep
㳄 Sound Iconic Remnant component
xián
spit, saliva
Modern form looks like 次.
羡
envy, admire; praise; covet
羡 (羨)
to envy
羡慕
艳羡
季羡林
Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
惊羡
to marvel at
Make Me a Hanzi
Unicode
CC-CEDICT
SUBTLEX-CH
MTSU Chinese text computing
漢語多功能字庫
