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The character "讹", with its traditional form "訛", is structurally composed of the speech radical "言" and the component "化", meaning to change or transform, which etymologically points to the concept of speech that has been altered or corrupted. Initially, in classical contexts, it denoted verbal mistakes or inadvertent falsehoods, but its semantic range gradually widened to encompass deliberate fabrications, fraudulent information, and the act of extortion achieved through deception. This shift from denoting simple error to implying malicious intent retains the core notion of speech being distorted, as reflected in the persistent combination of its components, a relationship maintained in the simplified form "讹" where the element "化" remains alongside a condensed version of the speech radical.
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不要讹诈他人。
他因讹诈被抓。
这个传闻是讹传。
书中有些讹误需要改正。
他试图讹取公司的钱财。
警方制止了这起讹诈事件。
通过讹诈获取财富是不道德的。
对于历史上的讹误，学者们进行了仔细的考证。