诋毁
dǐ​huǐ

slander

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

毁 huǐ destroy Simplified

Simplified form of 毀. Phonosemantic compound. 毇 represents the sound and 土 represents the meaning.

Components

毇
毇 SoundRemnant component
huǐ to pound rice
工
工 Simplified component
gōng work

Variant of the 土 component in the traditional character 毀.

Component uses

Sound (1)

燬

Meaning (1)

燬

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.1191-1192
Readings & variants
Unicode

詆 slander Traditional

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)

毀 huǐ destroy Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 毇 represents the sound and 土 represents the meaning.

Components

毇
毇 SoundRemnant component
huǐ to pound rice
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

譭

Meaning (1)

譭

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjweX[m̥](r)ajʔ demolish

說文解字

《說文》：“毀，缺也。从土，毇省聲。，古文毀从壬。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.1191-1192
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)