The radical 讠 (yán) means “speech” and is used as a graphical component of Chinese characters.
Written variants: 訁 言.
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Characters with radical
讠179
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读
(v./n.) to read aloud; to read; way of pronunciation (of a character) | (v.) to study, to attend school | (char.) (ancient) short pause (when reading a text)
请
(v.) request; please; invite, ask, engage
谁
(pro.) who, whom (also pronounced as shei2) | (pro.) who, whom (also pronounced as shui2)
说
(v.) speak, say; explain; criticize; try to influence sb. to do...; refer to; perform | (char.) persuade, canvass | (char.) teaching, theory, doctrine
课
(n.) lesson; subject, course; class, period | (char.) tax; levy, collect (tax); session at divination
让
(v.) let, allow, make; make way for | (v.) give way, yield (to...); invite; convey, transfer | (prep.) by
谈
(v.) talk, talk about | (char.) remark, utterance
夸
(v.) to praise; to exaggerate
诗
(n.) poem
语
(char.) language; sign, signal (as means of communication); proverb; word, sentence; (of birds or insects) twitter | (char.) (lit.) tell, inform | (char.) to speak, to express oneself
认
(v.) recognize, identify; admit; enter into a certain relationship with; offer to do; resign oneself to...
识
(v.) know, recognize | (char.) have a sense of; knowledge | (char.) (lit.) remember, commit to memory; mark, sign
谢
(v.) thank | (v.) (of flowers, leaves) wither | (char.) to refuse, to decline; (lit.)to resign
谢
(v.) thank | (v.) (of flowers, leaves) wither | (char.) to refuse, to decline; (lit.)to resign
诉
(v.) to tell; to complain, to speak out one's mind; to accuse
记
(v./n.) to remember; to write down, to record; birthmark | (char./m.) notes, record; (measure word for action) a... (slap, shot, smash, etc.)
变
(v.) to become different; to change or turn into; to transform | (char.) unexpected incident; changeable, changed; to sell off
词
(n.) word | (n.) statement, speech; words of songs; Ci (form of classical Chinese poetry)
该
(av.) should, to be somebody's turn to do something | (v./pro.) to owe; this, indicating somebody or something mentioned before, mainly used in formal document | (v.) to deserve, ought to, would (used in exclamatory sentences as an intensifier)
警
(char.) police, policeman; alarm | (char.) alert, vigilant; to alarm, to warn; to guard
评
(v.) comment, criticize; judge, appraise
论
(char.) discuss, argue; decide on; theory; opinion, statement; dissertation (used in the titles) | (char.) (abbr.) The Analects of Confucius, the Analects | (prep.) by, according to
详
(adj.) be detailed, clear
谊
(char.) friendship
言
(char.) to say, to talk; speech, word; character, word, sentence
谅
(v.) forgive, understand, make allowance; suppose, presume, expect
