推诿
tuī​wěi

pass the buck

推 tuī push

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

隹
隹 Sound component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthwojtʰˤuj push away

說文解字

《說文》：“推，排也。从手，隹聲。”

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)

诿 wěi pass buck Simplified

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

委
委 Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

諉 pass buck Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

委
委 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)