诽谤
fěi bàng · HSK 7
to slander
🗣️🔪 fěi bàng sounds like FAY BANG — a bang of false words that cuts reputations
The character 诽 (speech radical 讠+ 非 not) literally means wrong-speech. 谤 adds another speech radical — doubling down on harmful talk. Together: spreading not-true words to damage someone.