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險

xiǎn

danger, narrow pass

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

僉 sound component

僉  Sound component

qiān

  

together

Evolution

險 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

险 (險) 

xiǎn

narrow pass, strategic point, dangerous; danger; dangerous; rugged

Most common words with 險
Freq.
Word
Meaning

危险

danger

风险

risk

保险

insurance

冒险

to take risks

险

danger

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰr[a]mʔ

xjaemX

xiǎn

precipitous, dangerous

*qʰr[a]mʔ

xjemX

xiǎn

precipitous, dangerous


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 68.7971% of movies

510th most common character in movies

672nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

险

Unicode

U+96AA

Shuowen

“險，阻難也。从，僉聲。”


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