fěi

slander

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 .

非 sound component

  Sound component

fēi

  

not

Evolution

诽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诽 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
诽 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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fěi

slander, vilify, condemn; slander

Most common words with 诽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

诽谤

to slander

slander