gòu

abuse

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
hòu queen, after

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

abuse Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
hòu queen, after

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːʔ
kʰoːs
qʰoːs

說文解字

謑詬,恥也。从言后聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica