訧 (fault character)

訧 means fault or blame; its classical history connects it to 尤.

An early attestation is the bronze-inscription name 鼄訧, from the early Spring and Autumn period. The old Chinese character dictionary Shuowen Jiezi glosses 訧 as “crime,” quoting 報以庶訧. The poetry collection Book of Odes has 俾無訧兮 (“so there is no fault”); a received version of the Book of Documents writes the related word with 尤.

Mandarin Chinese reads 訧 yóu, one syllable with rising pitch. Japanese dictionaries list the native reading とが (to-ga) and the Sino-Japanese readings う (u) and ゆう (yū).