诬蔑
wū​miè

slander

诬 wū make false accusation Simplified

To start 讠 a witch-hunt 巫; 巫 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
巫
巫 SoundMeaning component
wū wizard, shaman

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蔑 miè disdain Simplified

Depicts a person with eyebrows (𦰋) being struck by a weapon (戈).

Components

𦰋
𦰋 Iconic component
méng eyesight obscured

Depicts a person with eyebrows.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𦰋 than it was in ancient scripts.
戈
戈 Iconic component
gē spear

Depicts a weapon.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

蠛襪衊

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmetmˤet destroy; not have

說文解字

《說文》：“蔑，勞，目無精也。从，人勞則蔑然，从戍。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.297-298
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

誣 wū make false accusation Traditional

To start 言 a witch-hunt 巫; 巫 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
巫
巫 SoundMeaning component
wū wizard, shaman

Character Evolution

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

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmju[m](r)[o]deceive
Zhengzhangma
Unicodemio

說文解字

加也。从言巫聲。

Sources

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

衊 miè smear Traditional

To  蔑 with smeared blood 血; 蔑 provides the pronunciation

Components

血
血 Meaning component
xuè, xiě blood
蔑
蔑 Sound component
miè disdain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmeːd

說文解字

《說文》：“衊，污血也。从血，蔑聲。”

Sources

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