Taxonomy of meanings for 愆:　　

  • 愆 qiān (OC: khran MC: kʰɯiɛn) 去乾切 平 廣韻：【籀文愆 】
  • 愆 qiān (OC: khran MC: kʰɯiɛn) 去乾切 平 廣韻：【過也去乾切十 】
    • BLAME
      • vtoNpassivebe blamed
    • CRIME
      • nab.post-V{NUM}actundue delay, (minor but culpable) mistake, fault, minor offence; mistaken procedure
    • GUILT
      • nabfeaturefault, mistake
      • vibe at fault, be guilty of a mistake
    • MISTAKE
      • viactmake a mistake; get things wrong
      • vt+prep+Nmake a mistake with respect to N
      • vadNmistaken, wrong
    • SURPASS
      • CAUSE
        • ILLNESS
          • ABUNDANT
          • 愆 qiān (OC: khran MC: kʰɯiɛn) 去乾切 平 廣韻：【古文愆 】
          • 愆 qiān (OC: khran MC: kʰɯiɛn) 去乾切 平 廣韻：【俗諐 】
          • qiānOFFEND
            • vtoNderivedoffend against (the demands of virtue etc)CH

          Additional information about 愆

          說文解字: 【愆】，過也。从心、衍聲。 【去虔切】 【 【諐】，籒文。

            Criteria
          • CRIME

            1. The current general word for a serious legal transgression is zuì 罪 (ant. gōng 功 "merit"), and the current general word for a minor legal transgression is guò 過 (ant. xiào 效 "positive contribution").

            2. Yóu 尤 refers generally to morally disreputable behaviour.

            3. Jiù 咎 (ant. láo 勞 "obtain merits") refers to an action for which one deserves blame.

            4. Dào 盜 (ant.* dé 德 "virtue") refers to morally and legally outrageous behaviour.

            5. Yuè 越 can come to refer to a failure to keep within the boundaries set by one's social status or office.

            6. Gū 辜 (ant. xún 勛 "significant contribution") is an archaising word referring to serious crimes at an early stage, but later commonly used (mostly in negated form) to refer to any crime.

            7. Tè 忒, qiān 愆, and shěng 眚 refer to a minor but culpable error.

            8. Qiān 愆 refers to a minor mistake in procedure.

          • GUILT

            1. The dominant standard general word for any kind of guilt, large or small, is zuì 罪 (ant. gōng 功 "merit"), but this does not refer to any feelings of guilt; the general term for feelings of guilt is jiù 疚 REGRET.

            2. Qiān 愆, (sometimes written qiān 騫 ) refers to slight guilt or responsibility for a mistake.

            3. Yóu 尤 refers to the blame one suffers for a misdeed.

            For zéi 賊, a dramatic derogatory term referring to abject villainy, see VILLAIN.