sorrow

Components
罒 unknown component

  Unknown component

wǎng

  

Radical 122

惟 unknown component

  Unknown component

wéi

  

but

Evolution

罹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
罹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

sorrow, grief; incur, meet with; happen to; sorrow; suffer from

Most common words with 罹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

罹难

to be killed

sorrow

罹患

to fall ill

罹祸

to suffer a disaster

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]aj

lje

drag into; trouble


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4168th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+7F79

Shuowen

《說文新附》:“罹,心憂也。从网,未詳,古多通用離。”


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