诬 (wū): to accuse falsely; to slander

Meanings

他为了掩盖自己的错误，诬陷了无辜的同事。

Tā wèile yǎngài zìjǐ de cuòwù, wū xiàn le wúgū de tóngshì.

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

不要凭空诬蔑好人。

Búyào píng kōng wū miè hǎorén.

Don't slander a good person with groundless accusations.

usage

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

radical

讠 jiǎnyán

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 (here phonetic)

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.

诬 wū