嫌 — Chinese character
嫌
xián
to hate, to detest; to criticize; to suspect
- Pinyin
- xián
- Radical
- 38 ⼥ (Woman)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 女 兼
- Formation
- pictophonetic — woman; meaning component 女; sound component 兼
- Japanese
- 嫌 as a kanji
Common words with 嫌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涉嫌 | shè xián | to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of |
| 嫌犯 | xián fàn | criminal suspect |
| 嫌疑人 | xián yí rén | a suspect |
| 嫌疑 | xián yí | suspicion; to have suspicions |
| 嫌弃 (嫌棄) | xián qì | to regard with disdain; to shun |
| 嫌疑犯 | xián yí fàn | a suspect |
| 嫌隙 | xián xì | hostility; animosity |
| 前嫌 | qián xián | former hatred; bygone enmity |
| 嫌恶 (嫌惡) | xián wù | to loathe; to abhor |
| 凶嫌 (兇嫌) | xiōng xián | alleged killer (or attacker); suspect in a case of violent crime |
| 避嫌 | bì xián | to avoid arousing suspicion |
| 稍嫌 | shāo xián | more than one would wish; somewhat |
English words written with 嫌
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.