漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
羨: envious, be jealous
Also: covet
N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
羊 carries the meaning · 氵 and 欠 are drawn in
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 羨望せんぼうenvy
うらやむurayamu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 羨ましいうらやましいenvious; jealous
- 羨むうらやむto envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
Also read エン, あまり, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Gentle, pure, and good! This radical represents the positive traits traditionally associated with sheep—meekness, beauty, and the grace of a ritual offering.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side羨 envious · 羊
vs漱 gargle · 束In ChineseSimplified 羡 · traditional, as in Japanese · xiàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 羨; mainland China simplifies it to 羡.
- Simplified
- 羡 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 羨 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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