魇 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yǎn

nightmare

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 厌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 魘.

Components

鬼 Meaning component

guǐ

ghost

厌 Sound component

yàn

dislike

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

yǎn

nightmare, bad dreams; to have a nightmare

Most common words with 魇

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	梦魇	nightmare
	魇	to have a nightmare

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4294th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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