Unicode: U+9B47

Pinyin: yǎn

Definition

* 梦中惊叫,或觉得有什么东西压住不能动弹。 梦~。~住了。 * 迷惑:"被妖术~住,不能行走,心上明白……"

nightmare, bad dreams

Structure

魇 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_9B58
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
83_F5E3

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC