魘 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yǎn

nightmare

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 厭 represents the sound.

Components

鬼 Meaning component

guǐ

ghost

厭 Sound component

yàn

dislike, (to push down on)

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǎn

nightmare, bad dreams; to have a nightmare

Most common words with 魘

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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