boast

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

羽 sound component

  Sound component

  

feather

Evolution

诩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诩 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
诩 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
诩 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

boast, brag; popular, well known; to flatter; to brag; popular; lovely

Most common words with 诩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

自诩

to pose as

to brag