Speech radical 讠 (yán): 75 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Speech radical 讠 (yán): 75 characters讠 (yán) is Kangxi radical no. 149, “speech”. It also appears as 言 (yán). In this form it is written with 2 strokes.讠 (yán) - the simplified form of 言 (yán) - marks speaking, words and language: say, talk, ask, read, discuss.The characters range from 4 to 20 strokes. 15 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 9 have a full word page of their own.Good ones to start with: 说 (shuō) say / speak / talk, 读 (dú) read (aloud), 课 (kè) class / lesson, 请 (qǐng) please / invite.Characters with this radical4 strokes

认 (rèn) - to recognize

订 (dìng) - to book

计 (jì) - to calculate

讥 (jī) - to ridicule

5 strokes

记 (jì) - to record

让 (ràng) - let / allow / make

议 (yì) - to comment on

讨 (tǎo) - to invite

训 (xùn) - to teach

讯 (xùn) - news, information

6 strokes

讲 (jiǎng) - speak / tell / explain

论 (lùn) - debate

许 (xǔ) - to allow

访 (fǎng) - to visit

设 (shè) - to set up

讶 (yà) - amazed, surprised

讹 (é) - error

讽 (fěng) - sarcastic

讳 (huì) - to avoid mentioning

诀 (jué) - to bid farewell

讼 (sòng) - to accuse, to argue

7 strokes

识 (shí) - to know

词 (cí) - word

诉 (sù) - to accuse, to sue

言 (yán) - speech / word / say

评 (píng) - to discuss

译 (yì) - to translate

证 (zhèng) - certificate

诊 (zhěn) - to diagnose

诈 (zhà) - to cheat

8 strokes

话 (huà) - dialect

试 (shì) - try / test / attempt

该 (gāi) - should

诚 (chéng) - sincere

详 (xiáng) - detailed

诗 (shī) - poem

询 (xún) - to ask about

诞 (dàn) - birth

诧 (chà) - to be surprised

9 strokes

说 (shuō) - say / speak / talk

语 (yǔ) - words, language

误 (wù) - mistake

诫 (jiè) - to warn, to admonish

诵 (sòng) - to read aloud

诬 (wū) - to slander, to defame

诱 (yòu) - to tempt, to persuade, to entice

10 strokes

读 (dú) - read (aloud)

课 (kè) - class / lesson

请 (qǐng) - please / invite

谁 (shéi) - who

调 (diào) - to transfer

谅 (liàng) - to excuse, to forgive

谈 (tán) - to speak

谊 (yì) - friendship

诺 (nuò) - to promise

诸 (zhū) - all

诽 (fěi) - slander

11 strokes

谓 (wèi) - to call, to say, to tell

谐 (xié) - to joke, to jest

谍 (dié) - to spy

谎 (huǎng) - to lie

谜 (mèi) - see , riddle

谋 (móu) - to plan

12 strokes

谢 (xiè) - to thank

谦 (qiān) - modest

谤 (bàng) - to slander

谣 (yáo) - popular ballad

13 strokes

谨 (jǐn) - cautious

誉 (yù) - to praise

谬 (miù) - absurd

14 strokes

谱 (pǔ) - chart

誓 (shì) - oath

15 strokes

谴 (qiǎn) - to scold, to reprimand, to abuse

19 strokes

警 (jǐng) - to alert

20 strokes

譬 (pì) - to give an example

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Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License