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涎
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saliva

HSK 10
Human →Body
xián
セン、エン
よだれ
연
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound. Simplified form of 㳄.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 延 prolong =
涎 saliva
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
延 Phonetic component
yán prolong
delay, postpone, defer
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
涎
Regular
Modern
Chinese
涎 [xián]
saliva
Japanese
涎 よだれ 同音
noun usually kana drool
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
よだれの出そうなものがよりどり見どりでいっぱいありますよ。
It offers a mouth-watering selection of delights.
CHINESE WORDS (14)
垂涎 [chuí​xián] #17,430
to water at the mouth
垂涎欲滴 [chuí​xián​yù​dī] #36,921
to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
垂涎三尺 [chuí​xián​sān​chǐ] #41,081
to drool (over) (idiom)
馋涎欲滴 [chán​xián​yù​dī] #62,415
lit. to drool with desire (idiom)
馋涎欲滴 [chán​xián​yù​dī] #62,415
lit. to drool with desire (idiom)
涎水 [xián​shuǐ] #60,672
saliva
涎沫 [xián​mò] #65,332
spittle
染指垂涎 [rǎn​zhǐ​chuí​xián]
lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
馋涎欲垂 [chán​xián​yù​chuí]
see 饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴[chán​xián​yù​dī]
馋涎欲垂 [chán​xián​yù​chuí]
see 饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴[chán​xián​yù​dī]
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
よだれを垂らす [よだれをたらす] #26,953
to drool
垂涎 [すいぜん] #44,120
avid desire
垂涎の的 [すいぜんのまと] #88,485
object of avid desire
竜涎香 [りゅうぜんこう] #138,897
ambergris
涎掛け [よだれかけ] #168,122
bib
涎もの [よだれもの] #229,326
very attractive thing
よだれを出す [よだれをだす] #253,736
to drool
流涎 [りゅうぜん] #311,448
drooling
よだれ鶏 [よだれどり]
mouth-watering chicken (Chinese dish of steamed chicken with a spicy sauce)
商いは牛のよだれ [あきないはうしのよだれ]
one should not rush to make a profit
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