lán
covet
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惏.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 婪
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
avaricious | ||
avaricious | ||
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]ˤ[ə]m | lom | lán | to covet |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 4.4049% of movies
2589th most common character in movies
3112th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+5A6A |
Shuowen | “婪，貪也。从女，林聲。杜林說：卜者黨相詐驗為婪。讀若潭。” |
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