诳
kuáng

deceive

Mad 狂 speech 讠; 狂 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
狂
狂 SoundMeaning component
kuáng insane, mad

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

誑 deceive Traditional

Mad 狂 speech 言; 狂 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
狂
狂 SoundMeaning component
kuáng insane, mad

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaŋs
ɡʷaŋ
kʷaŋs
Unicodegiuɑ̀ng

說文解字

欺也。从言狂聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)