huì
teach
Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound. Simplified form of 誨.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 诲
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to instruct | ||
to teach | ||
instructing with tireless zeal (idiom, from Analects) | ||
to promote sex and violence |