Origin

This character combines speech or words (言) on the left with a sound hint (乍) on the right. The speech component makes sense because lies and deception are communicated through words. The 乍 component serves only to indicate roughly how the character should be pronounced, not to add meaning. Together they form a character that literally means false or deceptive speech—capturing the idea of lying through words.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).