xián
saliva
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound. Simplified form of 㳄.
Evolution
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 涎
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to drool | ||
variant of 涎[xián] | ||
to hunger for | ||
to yearn for | ||
greedy |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3771st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+6D8E |
Sources
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