嫌

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

dislike

HSK 6 N1

Human →Emotions

xián

ケン、ゲン

きら.う、きら.い、いや

혐

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 兼 represents the sound.

Components

女 woman+ 兼 double =

嫌 dislike

女 Meaning component

nǚ woman

woman, girl

兼 Phonetic component

jiān double

unite, combine

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

嫌

Regular

Modern

Chinese

嫌 [xián]

to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xiánfàn], criminal suspect

Japanese

嫌、厭 (rare) いや、や、イヤ同音

adj-na disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant
adj-na unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting; undesirable; unwelcome
int. usually kana no!; quit it!; stop!

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (2)

彼の話し方が嫌なの。

I don't like his way of talking.

この卵は嫌な匂いがする。

This egg has a bad smell.

CHINESE WORDS (45)

嫌疑人 [xiányírén] #3,775

to be a suspect (in a crime)

嫌疑犯 [xiányífàn] #3,089

to regard with disdain

嫌弃 [xiánqì] #21,012

to regard with disdain

前嫌 [qiánxián] #14,433

former hatred

避嫌 [bìxián] #57,694

to avoid arousing suspicion

稍嫌 [shāoxián] #43,662

more than one would wish

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JAPANESE WORDS (126)

to appear uncomfortable (with)

⭐ 機嫌 [きげん] #4,522

humour

⭐ 嫌がらせ [いやがらせ] #4,847

harassment

ご機嫌 [ごきげん] #5,484

humour

⭐ 上機嫌 [じょうきげん] #5,802

good humour (humor)

⭐ 大嫌い [だいきらい] #5,930

hating

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KOREAN WORDS (3)

혐의 #39,670

suspicion; charge

혐오

detestability; hatred; disgust

혐의자

suspect