懂中文 Dong Chinese

魘

yǎn

nightmare

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

Components
鬼 meaning component

鬼  Meaning component

guǐ

  

ghost

厭 sound component

厭  Sound component

yàn

  

dislike, (to push down on)

Evolution

魘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
魘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

魇 (魘) 

yǎn

nightmare, bad dreams; to have a nightmare

Most common words with 魘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

梦魇

nightmare

魇

to have a nightmare