讒
chán

slander

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
毚
毚 Sound component
chán cunning

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzrɯːm
zraːms
Unicodejrhæm

說文解字

譖也。从言毚聲。

Sources

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

谗 chán slander Simplified

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

免
免 Sound component
miǎn (hat), avoid

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode