jiān
wicked
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 姦.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 奸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to rape | ||
wicked | ||
traitor (to China) | ||
undiscovered traitor | ||
rapist |
Sources