U+8B5B "譛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8B5B "譛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character often considered a variant of the more common character "譖" (zèn), which means to slander or falsely accuse someone. In classical and literary Chinese contexts, it appears in historical texts and poetry, where it conveys the act of speaking maliciously or making unfounded allegations against another person. The character is composed of the radical "言" (speech) on the left, indicating its relation to spoken words, and a phonetic component on the right. Due to its obscurity, "譛" is seldom used in modern writing and is primarily encountered in specialized linguistic or historical studies of East Asian scripts.