覬 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jì

covet

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 豈 represents the sound.

Components

見 Meaning component

jiàn, xiàn

see

豈 Sound component

qǐ, kǎi

victorious music, happy

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jì

covet, long for, desire; to covet; to long for

Most common words with 覬

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	觊觎	to covet
	觊	to covet

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4591st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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