讹
error; false; to extort
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,241 U+8BB9
How 讹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 化 (phonetic, huà)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 化
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 化 (huà) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化 sound component | huà | to change, to convert, to reform; -ize |
| 华 | huá | flowery; illustrious; Chinese |
| 货 | huò | products, merchandise; goods, commodities |
| 靴 | xuē | boots |
Words containing 讹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讹人 | é rén | to blackmail; to extort |
| 讹字 | é zì | erroneous character; typographical error |
| 讹传 | é chuán | unfounded rumor; to pass on a mistaken belief to others |
| 以讹传讹 | yǐ é chuán é | to spread falsehoods; to increasingly distort the truth; to pile errors on top of errors (… |
| 差讹 | chā é | error; mistake |
| 讹误 | é wù | error in a text; text corruption |
| 讹诈 | é zhà | to extort under false pretenses; to blackmail; to bluff; to defraud |
| 讹谬 | é miù | error; mistake |