訴

Phono-semantic compound:

言 (언, “speech, words”) – provides the meaning (related to speaking or expressing);

斥 (척, “to drive away, to reject”) – provides the sound.

Originally, it conveyed speaking out against something, leading to the meanings of appealing, pleading, or accusing.

It is widely used in words like 呼訴 (호소, appeal) and 訴訟 (소송, lawsuit).