詫
chà

to brag

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 宅 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
宅
宅 Sound component
zhái residence

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhaeHtʰˤrak-stell
Zhengzhanghr'aːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

诧 chà to brag Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 宅 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詫.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

宅
宅 Sound component
zhái residence

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode