Stroke count: 17
Meaning: slander, disparage, censure, criticize
Kunyomi: そし.る
Onyomi: ボウ ホウ
Composition: 言 旁
Radical: 言
Meaning: speech
誣謗 (フボウ) slander
讒謗 (ザンボウ) libel, slander, defamation
謗る (そしる) to slander, to libel, to criticize, to criticise