shàn

abuse

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

山 sound component

  Sound component

shān

  

mountain

Evolution

訕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
訕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shàn

abuse, slander; vilify; ridicule; to mock; to ridicule; to slander

Most common words with 訕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

搭讪

to hit on someone

讪讪

embarrassed

讪笑

to ridicule

to mock

答讪

to hit on someone