诬 wū to slander
to slander; to defame; a false accusation
怎么记住“诬”: 讠 words + 巫 shaman = to slander. The angry neighbour spreads words around the village that the old herbalist is a shaman who curses cows, just to slander him.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
诬 = 讠 words + 巫 shaman
- 讠 words meaning
- 巫 shaman sound
The angry neighbour spreads words around the village that the old herbalist is a shaman who curses cows, just to slander him.
How it came to be
Words give the meaning and the shaman gives the sound.
用法
- 'To make a false accusation': 诬陷 (wūxiàn) to frame someone, 诬告 (wūgào) to lodge a false charge, 诬蔑 (wūmiè) to smear.
- Distinct from plain slander: 诬 stresses the accusation is knowingly false and aims to incriminate an innocent person.