诽

誹
fěi
#3,534 most
frequent character
slander

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

诽 pairs 讠 speech with 非 fēi, which means 'wrong' or 'oppose' and also supplies the sound. Speech that opposes someone gives the first meaning 'to slander someone'. That grew to 'libel'.

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Homophones

菲fěi
poor, humble, unworthy, radish (old)

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