Dong Chinese dictionary

sù

accuse

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

斥 Sound component

chì

to scold

訴 and 斥 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.訴 /*s-ŋˤak-s/
斥 /*tʰAk/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sù

accuse; sue; inform; narrate; to complain; to sue; to tell

Most common words with 訴

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