訛

false, extort

訛 is composed of 言(speech, words) and 化. 化depicts two men, while one man stands, another man stands upside-down, means change and transformation, if someone changes the truth he told, he cheats.

Vocabulary of 訛

訛傳 (unfounded rumor)
訛稱 (falsely said)

Classification

Radical: 言
Etyma: 匕

false, extort

Vocabulary of 訛

Classification

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