謗

See also: 谤

謗 U+8B17, 謗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B17 ← 謖 [U+8B16] CJK Unified Ideographs 謘 → [U+8B18]

Translingual

Han character

謗 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜月尸 (YRYBS), four-corner 0062₇, composition ⿰訁旁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1175, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35817
• Dae Jaweon: page 1639, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4008, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8B17

Chinese

trad.		謗
simp.		谤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
縍	*paːŋ
榜	*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡	*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓	*paːŋʔ
螃	*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒	*paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫	*paːŋs, *paŋs
謗	*paːŋs
雱	*pʰaːŋ
磅	*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶	*pʰaːŋ
滂	*pʰaːŋ
鎊	*pʰaːŋ
髈	*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷	*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽	*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房	*baːŋ, *baŋ
篣	*baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯	*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍	*baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀	*baːŋ
旁	*baːŋ
徬	*baːŋs
閍	*praːŋ
祊	*praːŋ
嗙	*praːŋ
方	*paŋ, *baŋ
汸	*paŋ
坊	*paŋ, *baŋ
邡	*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋	*paŋ
鈁	*paŋ
蚄	*paŋ
肪	*paŋ, *baŋ
鴋	*paŋ, *baŋ
牥	*paŋ
昉	*paŋʔ
瓬	*paŋʔ
放	*paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣	*paŋʔ
芳	*pʰaŋ
淓	*pʰaŋ
妨	*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡	*pʰaŋʔ
仿	*pʰaŋʔ
髣	*pʰaŋʔ
鶭	*pʰaŋʔ
訪	*pʰaŋs
防	*baŋ, *baŋs
魴	*baŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːŋs) : semantic 言 (“speech; words”) + phonetic 旁 (OC *baːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàng (bang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong³ / bong³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàng
    • Wade–Giles: pang⁴
    • Yale: bàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banq
    • Palladius: бан (ban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pong³ / bong³
    • Yale: pong / bong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong³ / bong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong³ / bong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ³³/, /pɔːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòng
    • Tâi-lô: pòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pangH

Rime
Character	謗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	補曠切
Baxter	pangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paŋH/
Li Rong	/pɑŋH/
Wang Li	/pɑŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤaŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	謗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bàng
Middle Chinese	‹ pangH ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁaŋ-s/
English	slander
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	謗
Reading #	1/1
No.	2992
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	螃
Old Chinese	/*paːŋs/

Definitions

謗

1. (archaic, now mostly obsolete) to criticize (especially in an open manner)

   • 厲王虐，國人謗王。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     厉王虐，国人谤王。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Lìwáng nüè, guórén bàng wáng. [Pinyin]

     The King Li abuses (his authority). The commoners of the Zhou capital (Zongzhou) criticize the king in public.

2. (literary) to slander; to defame; to vilify

Compounds

• 口頭誹謗／口头诽谤
• 名高引謗／名高引谤
• 喪謗／丧谤
• 囂謗／嚣谤
• 官謗／官谤
• 弭謗／弭谤
• 心謗腹非／心谤腹非
• 怨謗／怨谤
• 止謗／止谤
• 毀謗／毁谤 (huǐbàng)
• 腹誹心謗／腹诽心谤
• 薏苡之謗／薏苡之谤
• 虛謗／虚谤
• 訕謗／讪谤
• 誹謗／诽谤 (fěibàng)
• 誹謗之木／诽谤之木
• 誹謗罪／诽谤罪 (fěibàngzuì)
• 謗書／谤书 (bàngshū)
• 謗木／谤木
• 謗毀／谤毁
• 謗議／谤议 (bàngyì)
• 謗讟／谤𮙋 (bàngdú)
• 負謗／负谤
• 造謗生事／造谤生事

 

References

• “謗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

謗

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. slander

Readings

• Go-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: そしる (soshiru, 謗る)

Korean

Hanja

謗 (eumhun 헐뜯을 방 (heoltteudeul bang))

1. hanja form^? of 방 (“slandering”)

Compounds

• 비방 (誹謗, bibang, “slander; verbal abuse”)