"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

chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is having Sputnik (普) chart the spectra (谱) he recorded draw on an advertising column (讠) in the space station (Ø3). Petra will use this information to create a musical score (谱).
opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc)

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) finds an advertising column (讠) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) and on it a discussion (论) of his blackcurrant wine (仑). The discussion (论) is very negative and so Lenny angrily throws blackcurrants at it, messing up the ad.
abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius)
to teach / to train / to admonish / instruction (from superiors) / teachings / rule

= + : Lately the water level has risen and now a river (川) is flowing through the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). Xu Xian (xu) takes this opportunity to set up an advertising column (讠) and advertise his swimming instruction courses (训).
birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase

= + : Don Quixote (d) is celebrating his birthday (诞) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He has a big display mounted on an advertising column (讠) to talk to Santa Clause (诞) on a video call, but he is experiencing a lot of lag (延).
prison

= + + : Yu the Great (yu) opened an animal shelter in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), and she put up an advertisement column (讠) with the faces of her dachshund (犭) and her Saint Bernard dog (犬). For the dogs however the animal shelter is more like a prison (狱) because they are kept in small cages.
to censure / to reprimand

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) finds a dispatch (遣) has been posted to the anthill's (an3) advertising column (讠) scolding (谴) her reign. Angrily the tears down the dispatch and puts on her own one threatening with punishment (谴) to anyone who posts a dispatch criticizing (谴) her reign.
to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior

= + : For Helga Horse (hu) soft leather gloves (韦) are a big taboo (讳), so she sets up an advertising column (讠) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) with an image of crossed-out leather gloves to tell everyone that they should not talk about it.
to translate / to interpret

= + : 金星 (夅) wants to talk to an advertising column (讠) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but he only speaks heavenly script. Fortunately Maud Younger (y) is there to translate (译) for him.
to question / to ask / to interrogate / rapid / speedy / fast / news / information

= + : Since Xu Xian (xu) invented his jet pack (卂) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) he is giving many interviews. The journalists question (讯) him through an advertising column (讠) with a video telephony panel.
popular ballad / rumor

= + + : Maud Younger (y) is reading about a fascinating rumor (谣) on an advertising column (讠) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). It is written that old pottery (缶) can be made as new using an electric razor (爫). Maud Younger tries the method immediately but breaks almost every piece of pottery she tries to renovate with her electric razor.
to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss

= + : Brunhilde (bi) paid a lot to the owner of the anthill to have her advertisement displayed on the advertising column (讠) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Now she finds that her advertisement has been torn off and thrown into one of the two kimchi vases (辡) next to the advertising column, and she is arguing (辩) with the owner whether she has to pay or not.
to be surprised / to be astonished

= + : After his graduation Charlie Chaplin (ch) just stays at home playing video games (宅), so one day he is extremely astonished (诧) to find an advertising column (讠) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) advertising job offers.
to examine or treat medically

= + : After James II of England (zh) got his new Afro (㐱) he walks past an advertising column (讠) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3). On it it is written that recently there have been many lice infestations and that everyone should go and get an examination (诊).
cautious / careful / solemnly / sincerely (formal)

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is reading a warning on an advertising column (讠) in the encampment ((e)n3). The warning says that she should be very careful (谨) about violet dirt (堇) which tends to fall off the ceiling. While Joan of Arc reads the message, a big piece of violet dirt is about to fall on her head.
lies / to lie

= + : Helga Horse (hu) finds that the advertising column (讠) in the anglepod (ang3) is plastered with lies (谎). Not thinking twice Helga destroys all the lies and changes the advertising column to a desolate (荒) pillar.
modest

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) wants to open a franchise of modesty (谦) schools. She already put up the advertisements on the advertising columns (讠), for example in front of the anthill (an1). To staff all her schools she uses doubles (兼), and she is practicing with a double (兼) how to be modest (谦) right now next to the advertising column.
to spy

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) stared a new job as freelance spy (谍) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She put up a big desk (枼) as work place and a big advertising column (讠) to get her fist customer.
to deceive / to confuse / to cheat / absurd / erroneous

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) ordered the Icarus' wings (翏) she saw on an advertising column (讠) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). As she puts the wings on and jumps from the advertising column she falls straight on the ground, only then realizing that she has been deceived (谬).

Words with 讠

讠 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 讠

讠 currently does not appear in any sentence.