suì

speak ill of

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

speak ill of Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzwitm-tsutreprimand; insult
swijHs-tsu[t]-sreprimand; insult
Zhengzhangsuːds
suds
zud

說文解字

讓也。从言卒聲。《國語》曰:“誶申胥。”

Sources

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