诮 (qiào): (classical) to blame; to reproa…

Meanings

1 (classical) to blame; to reproach
2 (classical) to ridicule

Characters

诮

qiào

to blame; to ridicule

Examples

丈人酒醒而诮其子。

Zhàngrén jiǔxǐng ér qiào qí zǐ.

The old man sobered up and reproached his son.

Tips

history

Not used alone in modern Chinese; it survives in the literary compound 讥诮 (to sneer at, to deride). The right side 肖 is the phonetic, the same element that drives 俏, 峭 and 鞘.

register

Literary only; in speech people say 讽刺 or 责备 instead.

Components

radical

讠 yán

speech; words

The speech radical 讠 is 言 in left-side form. It marks 诮 as a verbal act — scolding or mocking with words.

phonetic

肖 xiào

resemble

Supplies the sound. 肖 heads a wide phonetic family read qiào / xiāo / shāo — 俏, 峭, 消 — and lends the qiào reading here.

Stroke Order

诮 qiào

Related Words

责怪 zéguài HSK 7-9 #4,678

to blame / to reproach

赖 lài HSK 6 #5,328

to depend on; to rely on / to renege; to deny; to go back on one's word / to blame; to put the blame on

自责 zìzé HSK 7-9 #6,301

to blame oneself / to feel guilty / self-reproach

责备 zébèi HSK 7-9 #6,680

to blame / to reproach / to criticize

乎 hū #8,727

classical question/exclamation particle / equivalent to 吗 or 啊 in classical Chinese

取笑 qǔxiào HSK 7-9 #5,063

to make fun of / to ridicule / to mock

不是 búshì #4,942

is not / no / fault; blame

责 zé #10,315

duty; responsibility / to reproach; to blame / to demand; to require

兮 xī #3,527

(literary particle, used in poetry) / (exclamatory particle in classical Chinese)

休 xiū #3,125

to rest; to take a break / to stop; to cease / don't (classical)