Character Contained In References Comments
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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
牙 邑 ⿰牙⻏
Mandarin
xie2, xu2, she2, yu2, ya2
English
Definitions
demonical; iniquitous; nefarious; depraved; evil; heterodox; perverse; vicious; wrong
Mnemonic
Relating to a city 邑
Etymology
Notes
Perhaps this character originally referred to a city with a bad reputation