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谗

chán

Character Traditional 讒

What 谗 means

1. to slander
2. to defame
3. to misrepresent
4. to speak maliciously

Words starting with 谗

• 谗害chán hàito slander; to defame and persecute
• 谗言chán yánslander; slanderous report; calumny
• 谗谄chán chǎnto defame one person while flattering another; a slandering toady
• 谗邪chán xiélies and slander; malicious calumny
• 谗佞chán nìngto defame one person while flattering another; a slandering toady

Characters that look like 谗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 谁shéiwho; also pr. shuí
• 锋fēngpoint of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 俸fèng(bound form) salary; stipend
• 馋chángluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
• 傣DǎiDai ethnic group

Sounds the same

Read chán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缠to wind around; to wrap round; to coil
• 馋gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
• 禅dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
• 澶still (as of water); still water
• 蝉cicada
• 单used in 单于
• 婵used in 婵娟
• 蟾toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)…
• 潺flow; trickle (of water)
• 巉(literary) steep; rugged; jagged; precipitous
• 毚cunning; artful
• 磛cliff; peak