谄
chǎn

flatter

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

臽
臽 Sound component
xiàn a pit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

諂 flatter Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

臽
臽 Sound component
xiàn a pit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhjemXqʰromʔflatter (v.)
Zhengzhangl̥ʰomʔ

Sources

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