嫌
to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,844 U+5ACC
How 嫌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 兼 (phonetic, jiān)
How to remember it
dislike · Heisig RSH #2217
女 woman + 兼 double
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 兼
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 兼 (jiān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兼 sound component | jiān | both, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine |
| 谦 | qiān | humble, modest |
| 赚 | zhuàn | to earn, to profit, to make money |
| 歉 | qiàn | deficient, lacking; to apologize, to regret, to be sorry |
| 蒹 | jiān | common reed; Phragmites communis |
| 鹣 | jiān | phoenix; fabulous mythical bird |
| 慊 | qiè | satisfied, content |
| 缣 | jiān | fine silk |
Words containing 嫌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口嫌体正直 | kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí | your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed fr… |
| 口嫌体直 | kǒu xián tǐ zhí | your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-charac… |
| 不计前嫌 | bù jì qián xián | (idiom) to set aside past grievances; to bear no grudge |
| 子不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫 | zǐ bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín | see 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧|儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫[er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2] |
| 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫 | ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín | a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for b… |
| 冰释前嫌 | bīng shì qián xián | (idiom) to forget previous differences; to bury the hatchet |
| 嫌贫爱富 | xián pín ài fù | to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom); snobbish |
| 主嫌 | zhǔ xián | prime, key or main suspect (law) |
| 尽释前嫌 | jìn shì qián xián | to forget former enmity (idiom) |
| 嫌疑人 | xián yí rén | a suspect |
| 前嫌 | qián xián | former hatred; bygone enmity |
| 讨人嫌 | tǎo rén xián | unpleasant; disagreeable |
| 涉嫌人 | shè xián rén | (criminal) suspect |
| 嫌恶 | xián wù | to loathe; to abhor; hatred; revulsion |
| 引嫌 | yǐn xián | to avoid arousing suspicions |
| 嫌疑犯 | xián yí fàn | a suspect |
| 嫌犯 | xián fàn | criminal suspect |
| 人憎狗嫌 | rén zēng gǒu xián | see 人憎狗厭|人憎狗厌[ren2 zeng1 gou3 yan4] |
| 避嫌 | bì xián | to avoid arousing suspicion |
| 嫌疑 | xián yí | suspicion; to have suspicions |