è

bad

A jade statue  with four holes made in it 

Components
王 meaning component

  Meaning component

wángwàng

  

king

口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

噩 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
噩 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
噩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
噩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

è

bad, ill-omened, unlucky; startling

Most common words with 噩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

噩梦

nightmare

噩耗

grievous news

浑浑噩噩

muddleheaded

startling

噩运

bad luck

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.7709% of movies

2031st most common character in movies

3408th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+5669

Shuowen

“,譁訟也。”


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