诤讼
zhèng​sòng

litigate

诤 zhèng, zhēng to expostulate Simplified

Fighting 争 words 讠; 争 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
争
争 SoundMeaning component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

讼 sòng accuse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訟.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

公
公 Sound component
gōng public

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

諍 to expostulate Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsreːŋs
Unicodejrɛ̀ng

說文解字

止也。从言爭聲。

Sources

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

訟 sòng accuse Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
公
公 Sound component
gōng public

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjowngHs.[ɢ]oŋ-slitigate
Zhengzhangsɢloŋ
sɢloŋs
Unicodeziòng

說文解字

爭也。从言公聲。曰：謌訟。

Sources

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