撒谎
sā​huǎng HSK7

lie

撒 sā, sǎ release, scatter

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 散 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

散
散 SoundMeaning component
sàn, sǎn scatter

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsaːd
Unicodesɑt

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

谎 huǎng lie Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 荒 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謊.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

荒
荒 Sound component
huāng wasteland

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

謊 huǎng lie Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
荒
荒 Sound component
huāng wasteland

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghmaːŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang