誨 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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huì

teach

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

每 Sound component

měi

every

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)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

huì

teach, instruct; encourage, urge; to teach; to instruct; to induce

Most common words with 誨

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	教诲	to instruct
	诲	to teach
	诲人不倦	instructing with tireless zeal (idiom, from Analects)
	诲淫诲盗	to promote sex and violence

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*m̥ˤə(ʔ)-s	xwojH	huì	instruct

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3510th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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