魇 — Chinese character
魇
yǎn
nightmare, bad dream
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Radical
- 194 ⿁ (Ghost)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 厌 鬼
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ghost; meaning component 鬼; sound component 厌
- Traditional
- 魘
Common words with 魇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梦魇 (夢魘) | mèng yǎn | nightmare |
| 魇寐 (魘寐) | yǎn mèi | to have a nightmare |
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.