涉诈
shè​zhà

fraud-related

涉 shè wade

Depicts taking steps (步) through water (氵).

Components

氵
氵 Iconic component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

步
步 Iconic component
bù step

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (4)

频濒頻瀕

Remnant (2)

频頻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjeb
teːb
Unicodezhiɛp

說文解字

《說文》：“，徒行厲水也。从沝，从步。涉，篆文从水。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

诈 zhà cheat Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詐.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

乍
乍 Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

詐 cheat Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
乍
乍 Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsraeH[ts]ˤrak-streacherous
Zhengzhangʔsraːɡs

說文解字

欺也。从言乍聲。

Sources

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