诬 (wū): to accuse falsely; to slander

Meanings

1 to accuse falsely; to slander

Characters

诬

wū

to accuse falsely

Examples

HSK 7-9

他为了掩盖自己的错误，诬陷了无辜的同事。

Tā wèile yǎngài zìjǐ de cuòwù, wūxiàn le wúgū de tóngshì.

He framed an innocent colleague to cover up his own mistake.

HSK 7-9

不要凭空诬蔑好人。

Búyào píngkōng wūmiè hǎorén.

Don't slander a good person with groundless accusations.

Tips

usage

诬 means to make a knowingly false accusation. Common compounds are 诬陷 (to frame someone) and 诬蔑 (to slander).

Components

radical

讠 yán

speech (radical form)

Left-side speech radical, the side form of 言. A false accusation is made with words, so the speech radical fits 诬.

phonetic

巫 wū

shaman; witch

Right side 巫 supplies the sound wū exactly. The faint sense of a shaman's deceptive talk fits the meaning of making things up to harm someone.

Stroke Order

诬 wū

Related Words

诬陷 wūxiàn #13,853

to frame; to falsely accuse / to entrap; to plant false evidence against someone

诬蔑 wūmiè #21,067

to slander / to defame / to malign / to vilify

诬告 wūgào #28,372

to frame someone / to make a false accusation against someone

谗 chán #93,933

to slander / to defame / to speak ill of someone

谤 bàng #79,018

to slander / to defame / to speak ill of

恶 wù #2,888

to hate; to loathe; to detest / to be ashamed of; to fear / to slander (literary)

控告 kònggào HSK 7-9 #4,470

to accuse / to charge (in court) / to prosecute

陷害 xiànhài #3,472

to frame (someone) / to set up / to falsely incriminate

告 gào HSK 7-9 #2,623

to tell; to inform / to announce; to declare / to sue; to accuse

指控 zhǐkòng #1,804

to accuse / to charge (with a crime) / accusation