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譴

qiǎn

reprimand

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

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

遣 sound component

遣  Sound component

qiǎn

  

send

Evolution

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
譴 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
譴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
譴 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
譴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

谴 (譴) 

qiǎn

reprimand, scold, abuse; to censure; to reprimand

Most common words with 譴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

谴责

to denounce

谴

to censure

自谴

to blame oneself

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.1555% of movies

2750th most common character in movies

2527th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Simplified

谴

Unicode

U+8B74

Shuowen

“譴，謫問也。从言，遣聲。”


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