諍
zhèng

to expostulate

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsreːŋs
Unicodejrɛ̀ng

說文解字

止也。从言爭聲。

Sources

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

诤 zhèng, zhēng to expostulate Simplified

Fighting 争 words 讠; 争 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
争
争 SoundMeaning component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode