What 讟 means
It names painful resentment, hostile complaint, or slander.
The word can name the feeling or the words of complaint, especially when aimed at a ruler. In a historical text, 讟 gives a grievance a sharp, public edge: it is voiced, not just private irritation.
In the Zuo Zhuan tradition, an early Chinese historical text, it appears in warnings about public slander and popular resentment. The Han lexicographic tradition, especially the Han-era dictionary Shuowen Jiezi, defines it as painful resentment and analyzes its written form through 誩 plus a sound-hinting component.
Send 讟 only when you want a classical grievance
Use it for literary grievance, not casual annoyance.
A reader of classical Chinese can read 讟 as resentment voiced aloud or denunciation. Outside that register, it is an opaque choice; reserve it for a quotation or a deliberately old-fashioned line.
Classical and literary; it names resentment voiced as complaint or slander, not everyday annoyance.
A lone 讟 may not read as a complaint; give it a classical sentence.
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2How do you pronounce 讟?
Mandarin reads it dú, with the rising second tone. Japanese reads it うらむ (uramu, to resent); Cantonese records duk6 in Jyutping, with the low, level sixth tone.
Is 讟 an emoji?
No. As of 2026, it is rendered as a text glyph whose appearance depends on the installed CJK font, not emoji artwork.
How to type 讟
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