𬤐

slander

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified from .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

哥 sound component

  Sound component

  

elder brother

Evolution

𬤐 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
𬤐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
𬤐 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
𬤐 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

𬤐 () 

slander, defame