羡

Tap the pinyin to hear it

to envy

Sound it out + + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Someone who has a whole row 次 of sheep 羊

Components 羊次

envy · Heisig RSH #1760

羊 sheep + 次 next

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网	lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng	better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom); one …
临河羡鱼	lín hé xiàn yú	see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網\|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
临川羡鱼	lín chuān xiàn yú	see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網\|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
临渊羡鱼	lín yuān xiàn yú	see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網\|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
季羡林	Jì Xiàn lín	Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
心羡	xīn xiàn	to admire
让人羡慕	ràng rén xiàn mù	enviable; to be admired
奇羡	jī xiàn	surplus; profit
惊羡	jīng xiàn	to marvel at
倾羡	qīng xiàn	to admire; to adore
艳羡	yàn xiàn	variant of 豔羨\|艳羡[yan4 xian4]
艳羡	yàn xiàn	(formal) to admire; to envy
忌羡	jì xiàn	to envy
羡慕	xiàn mù	to envy; to admire
钦羡	qīn xiàn	to admire; to hold in high esteem
羡慕嫉妒恨	xiàn mù jí dù hèn	to be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)