讦 Stroke Order

讦 (jié) 1. To reveal someone's privacy or attack someone's shortcomings. 揭发别人的隐私或攻击别人的短处。 Example: 攻讦 (to attack someone's shortcomings), 告讦 (to reveal accusations). 【本义】: To attack someone's shortcomings or reveal someone's hidden faults. 【造字法】: A phonetic compound character, formed by the elements for "speech" and "干" (meaning 'to do' or 'to work'). 【引】 1. From the Shuowen Jiezi: 讦 means to accuse and reveal others' faults. 2. From the Analects: It criticizes those who perceive false accusations as righteousness. The commentary explains, "it refers to publicly exposing someone’s hidden faults." 3. From the Book of Han, Biography of Jia Yi: What is submitted is to reveal accusations. 4. From the Book of Han, Biography of Zhao Guanghan: Officials and common people accuse and reveal faults against each other. 【例】 For example: - 讦发 (to expose, to reveal) - 讦告 (to reveal a complaint or accusation) - 讦奏 (to report and expose) - 讦调 (to reveal others' privacy and shortcomings)