詆
dǐ

slander

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
氐
氐 Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtiːlʔ
diːl

說文解字

苛也。一曰訶也。从言氐聲。

Sources

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

诋 dǐ, tì slander Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 氐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詆.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

氐
氐 Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode