媟

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiè
Cantonese: sit3
JapaneseKun: KEGASU KEGARERU NARERU ANADORU
JapaneseOn: SETSU SECHI
Korean: SEL

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: lust after, act indecently; lewd

CE-Dict: to lust for

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》媟嬻也。从女枼聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】媟
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】私列切【正韻】先列切，𠀤音薛。【說文】嬻也。一曰狎也，慢也。【前漢·五行志】陽蜺中窺貫而外專，夫妻不嚴，兹謂之媟。【枚乗傳】其子臯爲賦好嫚戲，以故得媟嬻貴幸。【後漢·爰延傳】上下媟嬻，有虧尊嚴。【賈山至言】古者大臣不媟。　暬褻洩古通。