讹谬
é​miù

error

讹 é swindle Simplified

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

谬 miù error Simplified

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

翏
翏 Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

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

謬 miù error Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

翏
翏 Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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-SagartmjiwHm-riw-s (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-)lie, error < 'twist the truth'
Zhengzhangmrɯws

說文解字

狂者之妄言也。从言翏聲。

Sources

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