ridicule

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

幾 sound component

  Sound component

  

how much

Evolution

譏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
譏 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
譏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

ridicule, jeer, mock; inspect; to ridicule

Most common words with 譏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

讥讽

to satirize

讥笑

to sneer

to ridicule

反唇相讥

to retort

讥诮

to deride