| 諉 | |||
| pass buck, lay blame on others | |||
| Radical | 言訁讠𧥛𧥜 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 15 |
| Mandarin reading | weǐ | Cantonese reading | wai2 |
| Japanese on reading | zui ni i | Japanese kun reading | wazurawasu |
| Korean reading | wi | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 诿 | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 餵 | ||
| 諉 | [ weǐ ] to shirk, to give excuses |
| 諉過 | [ weǐ guò ] to put the blame on sb else |
| ⇒ 互相推諉 | [ hù xiāng tuī weǐ ] mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other, passing the buck to and fro, each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other |
| ⇒ 推諉 | [ tuī weǐ ] to shirk responsibility, to blame others, to pass the buck |