讒

Information about character(s)

Radical: 言
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 17
Total Strokes: 24
Simplified Form: 谗

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chán
Cantonese: caam4
JapaneseKun: SOSHIRU ITSUWARU YOKOSHIMA
JapaneseOn: SAN ZAN
Korean: CHAM
Vietnamese: sàm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: slander, defame, misrepresent

CE-Dict: to slander/to defame/to misrepresent/to speak maliciously

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to slander; to backbite

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: slander; backbite

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》讒譖也。从言毚聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】讒
【唐韻】士咸切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】鋤咸切，𠀤音饞。【說文】譖也。【玉篇】佞也。【正字通】崇飾惡言，毀善害能也。【書·舜典】朕堲讒說殄行。【莊子·漁父篇】好言人之惡謂之讒。【荀子·修身篇】傷良曰讒。【說苑·臣術篇】蔽善者，國之讒也。　又星名。【晉書·天文志】卷舌六星中，一曰天讒，主巫醫。　又鼎名。【左傳·昭三年】讒鼎之銘。【疏】讒鼎，疾讒之鼎，《明堂位》所云崇鼎是也。一云讒，地名。禹鑄九鼎於甘讒之地，故曰讒鼎。　又【廣韻】【集韻】士懺切【韻會】【正韻】士監切，𠀤饞去聲。義同。　又叶鉏弓切，音崇。【楚辭·九歎】吸精粹而吐氛濁兮，橫邪世而不取容。行叩誠而不阿兮，遂見排而逢讒。　又叶銀炎切，音嚴。【梁鴻·適吳詩】欲乗策兮縱邁，疾吾俗兮作讒。競舉枉兮錯直，咸先佞兮唌唌。唌音延。　又【俗書證誤】从二免，非。䜛。

CF-Dict: médire/calomnie