哭诉
kū​sù

complain tearfully

哭 kū cry

Depicts the howl (吅) of a dog (犬).

Components

吅
吅 Meaning component
xuān, sòng noise
犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhuwk[kʰ]ˤok weep

說文解字

《說文》：“哭，哀聲也。从吅，獄省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.106
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

诉 su, sù accuse Simplified

Simplified form of 訴. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 斥 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

斥
斥 Sound component
chì to scold
Change in sound

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

訴 su, sù accuse Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
斥
斥 Sound component
chì to scold
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsuHs-ŋˤak-s complain, accuse

說文解字

《說文》：“訴，告也。从言，厈省聲。《論語》曰：‘訴子路於季孫。’，訴或从言、朔。愬，訴或从朔、心。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)