愬
sùsè

accuse

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訴

Variant of 訴. Phonosemantic compound. 朔 represents the sound and 心 represents the meaning.

Components

朔
朔 Sound component
Change in sound
心
心 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsuHs-ŋˤak-s complain, accuse

說文解字

《說文》：“訴，告也。从言，厈省聲。《論語》曰：‘訴子路於季孫。’，訴或从言、朔。愬，訴或从朔、心。”

Sources

Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)