qiàn

Radical: 欠 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

歉 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 歉

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 歉.

抱歉
bào qiàn
to be sorry
歉意
qiàn yì
apology
歉收
qiàn shōu
crop failure
歉疚
qiàn jiù
remorseful
致歉
zhì qiàn
to apologize
道歉
dào qiàn
to apologize

Related characters (radical 欠)

Characters that share the radical .

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