flatter

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

臾 sound component

  Sound component

  

moment

Evolution

諛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
諛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

flatter, truckle; to flatter

Most common words with 諛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to flatter

阿谀奉承

sweet-talking

阿谀

to flatter

谀辞

flattering words

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ](r)o

yu

flatter (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3925th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

Unicode

U+8ADB

Shuowen

“諛,諂也。从言,臾聲。”


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