诱惑
yòu​huò HSK7

temptation

诱 yòu persuade Simplified

To use elegant 秀 words 讠; 秀 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
秀
秀 SoundMeaning component
xiù elegant, excellent

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

惑 huò, huo confuse

Components

或
或 Sound component
huò or
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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
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-Sagarthwok[ɢ]ʷˤək deceive

說文解字

《說文》：“惑，亂也。从心，或聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

誘 yòu persuade Traditional

To use elegant 秀 words 言; 秀 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
秀
秀 SoundMeaning component
xiù elegant, excellent

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyuwXluʔlead; influence
Zhengzhangluʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica