訴

See also 诉, and 訢

Translingual

simpl.		诉
trad.		訴

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“word, speak”) + phonetic 斥 – to accuse verbally, reinforced by 斥 meaning “accuse, blame”.

Han character

訴 (radical 149 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹一卜 (YRHMY), four-corner 0263₁, composition ⿰言斥)

1. accuse
2. sue
3. inform
4. narrate

See also

• 訢

References

• KangXi: page 1152, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35325
• Dae Jaweon: page 1618, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3955, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8A34

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Cantonese

Hanzi

訴 (simplified 诉, Yale sou3)

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Japanese

Kanji

訴 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: そ (so)
• Kun: うったえる (uttaeru), うったえ (uttae)

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Korean

Hanja

訴 (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune-Reischauer so, Yale so)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

訴 (simplified 诉, pinyin sù (su4), Wade-Giles su⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

訴 (tố, tỏ, túa, tò, tuá)