诨 (hùn): a joke; jest

Meanings

插科打诨是戏曲里的逗趣表演。

Chākēdǎhùn shì xìqǔ lǐ de dòu qù biǎoyǎn.

"To crack jokes and clown around" describes comic banter in opera and storytelling.

因为胖，朋友给他起了个诨名。

Yīnwèi pàng, péngyou gěi tā qǐ le ge hùn míng.

Because he was so chubby, his friends gave him a nickname.

usage

诨 means a joke or a comic nickname. It is most common in 插科打诨 ("to clown and crack jokes") and 诨名 ("a nickname").

radical

讠 yán

speech; words

讠 is the speech radical 言 in left-side form, fitting 诨 as a kind of spoken joke.

phonetic

军 jūn

army

军 serves as the phonetic; the sound has drifted to hùn. It carries no meaning in 诨.

诨 hùn