詡 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xǔ

boast

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 羽 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

羽 Sound component

yǔ

feather

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xǔ

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

Most common words with 詡

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	自诩	to pose as
	诩	to brag

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3861st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Sources