shàn
abuse
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 訕
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to hit on someone | ||
embarrassed | ||
to ridicule | ||
to mock | ||
to hit on someone |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.5949% of movies
2863rd most common character in movies
3679th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8A15 |
Shuowen | “訕,謗也。从言,山聲。” |
Sources
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