诲
huì

teach

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound. Simplified form of 誨.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

每
每 Sound component
měi every

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

誨 teach Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
每
每 Sound component
měi every

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxwojHm̥ˤə(ʔ)-sinstruct
Zhengzhanghmɯːs

說文解字

曉教也。从言每聲。

Sources

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