bend

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

出 sound component

  Sound component

chū

  

go out

Evolution

诎 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
诎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
诎 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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bend, stoop, crouch; to yield; to bend; to exhaust; to stutter