bad-mouth

Components
此 sound component

  Sound component

  

this

言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

Evolution

訾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
訾 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
訾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bad-mouth; criticize; defects; to calculate; to assess; wealth

 

surname Zi

 

to slander; to detest