谮
zèn

to slander

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

朁
朁 Sound component
cǎn, qián, jiàn if

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

譖 to slander Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

朁
朁 Sound component
cǎn, qián, jiàn if

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrimH[ts]r[ə]m-saccuse
Zhengzhangʔsrums

說文解字

愬也。从言朁聲。

Sources

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