é
swindle
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 訛
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to blackmail | ||
error | ||
to spread falsehoods | ||
unfounded rumor | ||
error in a text |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m-qʷʰˤaj | ngwa | é | move; change |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3782nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8A1B |
Sources
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