涉嫌
shèxián · HSK 7
be suspected of being involved
🚔 涉 involve/wade-into + 嫌 suspicion = involved in suspicion, i.e. a suspect
涉 means to wade into or be involved in something; 嫌 means suspicion or to be disliked. Together they label someone as caught up in suspicion — alleged or suspected of wrongdoing.
嫌 — woman radical 女 + 兼 (combine, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 女 (woman) suggests the meaning, while 兼 supplies the sound. The original sense related to suspicion or dislike, possibly tied to social judgments. Over time it broadened to mean 'to dislike,' 'to suspect,' or 'to find objectionable.'