谤
bàng HSK7

slander

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 旁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謗.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

旁
旁 Sound component
páng side

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

謗 slander Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
旁
旁 Sound component
páng side

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpangHpˤaŋ-sslander
Zhengzhangpaːŋs
Unicodebɑ̀ng

說文解字

毀也。从言㫄聲。

Sources

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