诿
wěi

pass buck

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

委
委 Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

諉 pass buck Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

委
委 Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnrjweHnroj-simplicate
Zhengzhangnols
qrolʔ

說文解字

纍也。从言委聲。

Sources

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