𬤐
gē

slander

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 哥 represents the sound. Simplified from 謌.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
哥
哥 Sound component
gē, ge elder brother

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

謌 slander Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
哥
哥 Sound component
gē, ge elder brother

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːl

說文解字

《說文》：“歌，詠也。从欠，哥聲。謌，謌（歌）或从言。”

Sources

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