讹
é HSK7

swindle

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訛.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

化
化 Sound component
huà change

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

訛 swindle Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
化
化 Sound component
huà change

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngwam-qʷʰˤajmove; change
Zhengzhangŋʷaːl
Unicodenguɑ

Sources

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