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谴

qiǎn

reprimand

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 遣 represents the sound.

Components
讠 meaning component

讠  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

遣 sound component

遣  Sound component

qiǎn

  

send

Evolution

谴 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
谴 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
谴 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
谴 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
谴 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

谴 (譴) 

qiǎn

reprimand, scold, abuse; to censure; to reprimand

Most common words with 谴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

谴责

to denounce

谴

to censure

自谴

to blame oneself

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.1555% of movies

2750th most common character in movies

2527th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Traditional

譴

Unicode

U+8C34


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