qiàn
deficient
Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 兼 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 歉
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to be sorry | ||
to apologize | ||
apology | ||
to regret | ||
to apologize |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*kʰˤremʔ-s | kheamH | qiàn | deficient, modest |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 85.8401% of movies
299th most common character in movies
2149th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+6B49 |
Shuowen | “歉，歉食不滿。从欠，兼聲。” |
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