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The character "诼", meaning to slander or vilify, derives from its traditional form "諑", which is structured with the speech radical "言" on the left and the component "豖" on the right, the latter primarily serving a phonetic function. In the simplified form, the speech radical is altered to "讠" while retaining "豖", maintaining the character's association with verbal expression. Historically, "诼" has consistently denoted malicious speech or defamation, a meaning evident in classical Chinese texts where it appears in literary contexts without significant semantic shift.