huì
conceal
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 韋 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 諱
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
taboo | ||
to speak bluntly (idiom) | ||
to avoid | ||
to plead guilty | ||
to die |
Sources