Chinese Character 讒 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

讒 meaning[3] in English

To Slander.

To Defame.

To Misrepresent.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and cunning (毚)

Its radical[1] is: (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .yan2words

In cangjie it is written with YRNRI

How to write 讒

To writechan2to slander you should write a combination of yan2words , chan2cunning arranged in a shape:

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讒 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 讒 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:chan2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Slander . To Defame . To Misrepresent . To Speak Maliciously

Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk

Pinyin:chan2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Cunning . Artful

Pinyin:you4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Right (-Hand) . The Right (Politics) . West (Old)

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Pinyin:zuo3 Shape:+

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

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Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Belgium . Belgian . Abbr. For 比利時|比利时[Bi3 Li4 Shi2]

Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Pinyin:tu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 兔[Tu4]

Pinyin:mian3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Excuse Sb . To Exempt . To Remove Or Dismiss From Office . To Avoid . To Avert . To Escape . To Be Prohibited

Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 讒in English or Chinese