懂中文 Dong Chinese

涎

xián

saliva

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

延 sound component

延  Sound component

yán

  

delay

Evolution

涎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

涎  

xián

saliva

涎 (㳄) 

xián

variant of 涎[xián]

Most common words with 涎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

垂涎

to drool

涎

variant of 涎[xián]

垂涎欲滴

to hunger for

垂涎三尺

to yearn for

馋涎欲滴

greedy