fěi

slander

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

非 sound component

  Sound component

fēi

  

not

Evolution

誹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
誹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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fěi

slander, vilify, condemn; slander

Most common words with 誹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

诽谤

to slander

slander