誹
fěi

slander

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpj+jpə[j]slander
Zhengzhangpɯl
pɯlʔ
pɯls

說文解字

𧩂也。从言非聲。

Sources

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

诽 fěi slander Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Simplified form of 誹.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode