to dishonor

Components

Sound component
hēi black

black

Meaning component
mài, mai sell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

to dishonor Traditional

Components

Sound component
hēi black
Meaning component
mài, mai sell

black

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'oːɡ
Unicodedhuk

說文解字

握持垢也。从黑賣聲。《易》曰:“再三黷。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica