flatter

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
yú, yǔ, yǒng moment

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

flatter Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

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