"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

讠 character breakdown

The character 讠 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 讠 as component

to persuade
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
variant of 說|说[shuo1]

= + : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.
to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

= + : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
comma / phrase marked by pause
to read / to study / reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

= + : Doggy Dog finds an advertising column just inside the space station's entrance. He finds out that it's for sale: There is an price tag attached to it. He reads the price tag aloud: "woof woof woof woof!"
to bid farewell / tricks of the trade / pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
to set up / to arrange / to establish / to found / to display

= + : Recently Sherlock Holmes had less and less customers, so he wants to set up an advertising campaign. He starts in the elevator's bathroom setting up an advertising column. It is lying on the floor, and Sherlock tries to lever it up using a halberd.
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request

= + : The Queen of Hearts set up a fountain of youth right in the middle of the engine. She invites everyone to take a sip and even set up an advertising column to motivate the visitors to come and try it.
detailed / comprehensive

= + : The sheep (羊) is reading the newest gossip written on an advertising column (讠) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). The gossip is about the private life of Marie Curie (xi), which it reports very detailed (详).
who / also pr. [shui2]

= + : Just inside the Eiffel Tower's kitchen Sherlock Holmes stands proudly in front of an advertising column advertising his performance in the Eiffel Tower tonight. He is very upset as two sparrows fly by and ask each other, "这是谁?是谁?"
should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned

= + : In front of the airplane, Guy Fawkes sees an advertisement on an advertising column about a boar which is for sale. He thinks to himself that he should free the animals too. They deserve it.
astounded

= + : Maud Younger (y) is astounded (讶) to find that her removed wisdom teeth (牙) are advertised for sale on an advertising column (讠) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
to entice / to tempt

= + : Maud Younger (y) is about to be lured into (诱) a talent show (秀) by an ad on an advertising column (讠) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).
to plan / to seek / scheme

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) put up an advertisement on an advertising column (讠) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). On the advertising he is playing "somewhere over the rainbow" on an ukulele (某), but his plan (谋) is that many people will come to hear his concert and before the concert he can give a long speech about India's independence to a lot of people.
to read aloud / to recite

= + : For every victim she catches in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) Susan Saint Bernard (su) tolls a bell (甬) she hang on an advertising column (讠) and recites (诵) a poem.

Words with 讠

讠 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 讠

讠 currently does not appear in any sentence.