How to Write 诼 (zhuó) — Meaning “To slander; to blame”

Picture a person speaking (讠) like a tied-up pig (豖) — their words are ugly and cause trouble. You can also think of the sound 'zhuó' as 'zoo,' where animals gossip and spread rumors.

Write the left radical 讠 first (dot, horizontal, vertical), then the right side: horizontal stroke, left-falling, right-falling, dot on top of a vertical hook, and finally two dots inside. A common mistake is forgetting the dot above the vertical hook — without it, the shape changes.

诼 has a right side with a dot and vertical hook (豖), while 诓 has 匡 (a box shape) and 诔 has 耒 (like a plow). In meaning, 诼 is about slander, 诓 means to deceive or trick, and 诔 refers to a funeral eulogy.

诼 is very rare in daily speech and mostly appears in classical texts or idioms, such as 谣诼 (yáo zhuó, malicious rumors). You may find it in historical novels or proverbs about gossip, but it is not part of the HSK vocabulary.

Common words containing 诼 include: 谣诼 (yáo zhuó) — slander; malicious rumors; 谗诼 (chán zhuó) — to vilify or slander; 诼谣 (zhuó yáo) — To spread rumors; slander.