suì

speak ill of

Evolution

誶 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
誶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
誶 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Definitions

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suì

speak ill of, vilify; berate; interrogate; abuse

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-tsut

dzwit

suì

reprimand; insult

*s-tsu[t]-s

swijH

suì

reprimand; insult


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5590th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

Unicode

U+8AB6

Shuowen

“誶,讓也。从言,卒聲。《國語》曰:‘誶申胥’。”


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