讹诈
é​zhà HSK7

blackmail

讹 é swindle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訛.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

化
化 Sound component
huà change

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

诈 zhà cheat Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詐.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

乍
乍 Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

訛 swindle Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
化
化 Sound component
huà change

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngwam-qʷʰˤajmove; change
Zhengzhangŋʷaːl
Unicodenguɑ

Sources

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

詐 cheat Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
乍
乍 Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsraeH[ts]ˤrak-streacherous
Zhengzhangʔsraːɡs

說文解字

欺也。从言乍聲。

Sources

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