谀
yú

flatter

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

臾
臾 Sound component
yú, yǔ, yǒng moment

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

諛 flatter Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

臾
臾 Sound component
yú, yǔ, yǒng moment

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyu[ɢ](r)oflatter (v.)
Zhengzhanglo

說文解字

諂也。从言㬰聲。

Sources

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