é

swindle

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

化 sound component

  Sound component

huàhuā

  

change

Evolution

讹 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
讹 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
讹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
讹 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
讹 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

é

swindle, cheat; erroneous, wrong; error; false; to extort

() 

é

variant of |[é]

Most common words with 讹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

讹诈

to blackmail

error

以讹传讹

to spread falsehoods

讹传

unfounded rumor

讹误

error in a text