诅
zǔ

curse

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詛.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

詛 curse Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraʔ
ʔsras

說文解字

詶也。从言且聲。

Sources

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