供认不讳 (gòng rèn bú huì) — to confess everything openly and without concealment; to make a full and complete admission (often in legal contexts)

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

供 is made of 亻, a person, and 共, which gives the sound gòng.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

The left part 讠 shows speech, and the right part 人 gives the sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The picture in 不 originally showed a flower’s calyx; the “no” sense came later from a related character, not from this picture.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 諱; 讳 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 諱 pairs 言 with 韋: 言 shows the meaning, and 韋 gives the sound.