wěi

pass buck

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnrjweHnroj-simplicate
Zhengzhangnols
qrolʔ

說文解字

纍也。从言委聲。

Sources

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

诿 wěi pass buck Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode