覦 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yú

desire strongly

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

Components

見 Meaning component

jiàn, xiàn

see

俞 Sound component

yú, shù

surname

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yú

desire strongly, covet, long for; to desire passionately

Most common words with 覦

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	觊觎	to covet
	觎	to desire passionately

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4520th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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