誣
wū

make false accusation

To start 言 a witch-hunt 巫; 巫 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
巫
巫 SoundMeaning component
wū wizard, shaman

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmju[m](r)[o]deceive
Zhengzhangma
Unicodemio

說文解字

加也。从言巫聲。

Sources

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

诬 wū make false accusation Simplified

To start 讠 a witch-hunt 巫; 巫 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
巫
巫 SoundMeaning component
wū wizard, shaman

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode