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恶感 (è gǎn) — malice, ill will

Definition

noun
maliceill will

Examples

  • 恶感。
    Tā duì wǒ shuō de huà yì zhí yǒu è gǎn.
    He has always had ill feelings toward what I said.
  • 恶感。
    Tā men zhī jiān méi yǒu rèn hé è gǎn.
    There is no ill will between them.
  • 恶感。
    Zhè zhǒng è gǎn huì yǐng xiǎng tuán duì hé zuò.
    This kind of malice can affect team cooperation.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

恶èevil
感gǎnfeeling

恶 (evil) and 感 (feeling) give the sense of ill will or malice.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 惡; 恶 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
亞
亞yā惡è
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 惡 pairs 心 (heart) as the meaning part with 亞 (yā) as the sound part; the simplified 恶 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
咸
咸xián感gǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

Open 感 →
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