old variant of 詞|词[ci2]

= + : The King of Chu (c) has to listen to a boring lecture by a manager (司) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). The manager just wrote every word (词) of his speech (词) on an advertising column (讠) and is just reading the speech word by word.
word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4] / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2] / CL:首[shou3]

= + : The King of Chu (c) has to listen to a boring lecture by a manager (司) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). The manager just wrote every word (词) of his speech (词) on an advertising column (讠) and is just reading the speech word by word.

词 character breakdown

surname Si
to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)

= + 𠮛 : Socrates (s) wants to use the plow (㇆) in front of the space station (Ø1), but he doesn't manage (司), even with the magical scroll called manual (𠮛). Suddenly, a manager (mnemonic symbol for 司) floats by and shows him how to manage (司).
"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).

Characters with 词 as component

词 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 词

new expression; neologism
new expression / neologism
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
(linguistics) onomatopoeic word
(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth / evasive
to collect words / to harvest entries for a dictionary
term of esteem / honorific (in Chinese grammar) / polite form of pronoun (in European grammar)
numeral-classifier compound (e.g. 一次、三套、五本 etc)
variant of 文辭|文辞[wen2 ci2]
noun of locality (linguistics)
composite word
an elegy / elegiac words
suffix (in Japanese and Korean grammar)
to prompt (an actor or reciter)

Sentences with 词

词 currently does not appear in any sentence.