詡
xǔ

boast

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
羽
羽 Sound component
yǔ feather

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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaʔ

說文解字

大言也。从言羽聲。

Sources

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

诩 xǔ boast Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 羽 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詡.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

羽
羽 Sound component
yǔ feather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode