Dong Chinese dictionary

sù

accuse

Variant of 訴. Phonosemantic compound. 朔 represents the sound and 心 represents the meaning.

Components

shuò

first day of lunar month

愬 and 朔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.愬 /*s-ŋˤak-s/
朔 /*s-ŋrak/

心 Meaning component

xīn

heart

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sù

accuse; sue; inform; narrate

sù

variant of 訴|诉[sù]

Most common words with 愬

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