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dié HSK7

an intelligence report

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 枼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諜.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

枼
枼 Sound component
yè leaf

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

諜 an intelligence report Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
枼
枼 Sound component
yè leaf

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'eːb

說文解字

軍中反閒也。从言枼聲。

Sources

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