懂中文 Dong Chinese

謠

yáo

sing

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

Components
䍃 sound component

䍃  Sound component

yóu, yáo

  

vase, pitcher

言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

Evolution

謠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

谣 (謠) 

yáo

sing; folksong, ballad; rumor; popular ballad

Most common words with 謠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

谣言

rumor

民谣

ballad

辟谣

to deny

谣传

rumor

造谣

to start a rumor