慝
tè

do evil in secret

To hide 匿 evil in one's heart 心

Components

匿
匿 Meaning component
nì, tè hide
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthokn̥ ˤəkevil
Zhengzhangn̥ʰɯːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica