諱

Core sense is communicative avoidance: withholding information through silence, euphemism, or ritual prohibition.

1. Ritual Taboo: Avoiding the name of ancestors, emperors, or high officials out of respect or fear.

2. General Concealment: The intentional omission or withholding of a fact.

• Transitive Verb: To avoid (a word/name); to conceal (a fact/secret).
• Intransitive/Stative: To be subject to a taboo.

// Noun: The prohibition itself; the forbidden given name (//huìmíng*).

• 諱 vs. 避 (bì): Both mean "avoid," but 避 typically denotes physical or situational avoidance, whereas 諱 is linguistic and communicative.
• 諱 vs. 隱 (yǐn): While both involve concealment, 諱 implies intentional omission or silence rather than the physical hiding of an object.

Simplified variant: U+8BB3.

When appearing in contexts of genealogy, formal introductions, or imperial decrees, prioritize the "name taboo" reading. In other contexts, consider if the speaker is navigating social or political costs by choosing not to say something.