谄媚 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chǎnmèi

flatter

chǎn flatter Simplified

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

speech

臽 Sound component

xiàn a pit

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

mèi charming

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

woman

眉 Sound component

méi eyebrows

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mijH	mrəjʔ-s	love; flatter
Zhengzhang		mrils
Unicode	myì

說文解字

說也。从女眉聲。

Sources

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

flatter Traditional

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

speech

臽 Sound component

xiàn a pit

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trhjemX	qʰromʔ	flatter (v.)
Zhengzhang		l̥ʰomʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica