Taxonomy of meanings for 訟:　　

  • 訟 sòng (OC: sɢloŋs MC: zioŋ) 似用切 去 廣韻：【爭罪曰獄爭財曰訟 】
    • ARGUE
      • vt1post.vt2oNargue with, engage in disputation with
    • LITIGATE
      • nabactcivil law case; legal proposals
      • vt[oN]engage in private civil litigation; engage in litigation
      • vtoNbring to court, litigate against, specifically in a (often minor) civil dispute
      • vtoNreflexive.自take (oneself) task
      • vttoN1.+N2figurativelitigate against (oneself) regarding N2
      • vi2actengage in litigation
      • vtpost-.VtoNlitigate against N
      • vibe engaged in litigationCH
    • BLAME
      • CLAMOUR
        • HEXAGRAMS
          • = 頌
          • = 公
          • = 容
        • 訟 sōng (OC: sɢloŋ MC: zioŋ) 祥容切 平 廣韻：【爭獄又徐用切 】

          Additional information about 訟

          說文解字: 【訟】，爭也。从言、公聲。[一]曰：謌訟。 〔小徐本「曰」上有「一」。〕 【似用切】【䛦】，古文訟。

            Criteria
          • LITIGATE

            1. The general word for any lawsuit one person takes out against another is sòng 訟.

            2. Yù 獄 typically refers specifically to a criminal lawsuit.

            Word relations
          • Assoc: (LITIGATE)獄/LITIGATE Yù 獄 typically refers specifically to a criminal lawsuit.
          • Assoc: (LITIGATE)鬥/FIGHT Dòu 鬥, ōu 毆 and the rarer bó 搏 (ant. què 卻"withdraw from conflict") refer to physical interpersonal violence and struggle.