谴
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to censure; to reprimand
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,427 U+8C34
How 谴 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 遣 (phonetic, qiǎn)
How to remember it
censure · Heisig RSH #2743
words + 遣 dispatch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 遣
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 遣 (qiǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遣 sound component | qiǎn | to send, to dispatch; to exile, to send off |
| 缱 | qiǎn | attached, inseparable, in love; entangled |
Words containing 谴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谴责小说 | qiǎn zé xiǎo shuō | novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] classification) |
| 天谴 | tiān qiǎn | the wrath of Heaven; imperial displeasure |
| 自谴 | zì qiǎn | to blame oneself; self-recrimination |
| 谴责 | qiǎn zé | to denounce; to condemn; to criticize; condemnation; criticism |
| 呵谴 | hē qiǎn | to reprimand |
| 谴呵 | qiǎn hē | variant of 譴訶|谴诃[qian3 he1] |
| 诃谴 | hē qiǎn | variant of 呵譴|呵谴[he1 qian3] |
| 谴诃 | qiǎn hē | to reprimand |