讠

yán = y + an2

"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

谒

謁

yè = y + e4

to visit (a superior)

谒 = 曷 + 讠 : Maud Younger (y) plans to visit her superior (谒) to ask for a raise. On an advertising column (讠) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) she reads that she should dress for success, but she doesn't know what to dress, so she turns a quiz wheel (曷) to decide for her.

谭

譚

tán = t + an2

variant of 談|谈[tan2]

谭

譚

tán = t + an2

surname Tan

讷

訥

nè = n + e4

to speak slowly / inarticulate