詹

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(literary) verbose; (literary) to arrive, to reach

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

言 meaning “speech” + 厂 sound ( chǎng )

Components 厂八言

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
詹姆斯·高斯林	Zhān mǔ sī · Gāo sī lín	James Gosling (1955-), Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Java programming la…
詹江布尔	Zhān jiāng bù ěr	Janjanbureh river and city in Gambia
詹姆斯·戈斯林	Zhān mǔ sī · Gē sī lín	see 詹姆斯·高斯林[Zhan1 mu3 si1 · Gao1 si1 lin2]
詹姆斯·戈士林	Zhān mǔ sī · Gē shì lín	see 詹姆斯·高斯林[Zhan1 mu3 si1 · Gao1 si1 lin2]
詹姆斯·乔伊斯	Zhān mǔ sī · Qiáo yī sī	James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish modernist writer, author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake
詹姆斯·庞德	Zhān mǔ sī · Páng dé	James Bond
詹姆斯	Zhān mǔ sī	James (name); LeBron James (1984-), NBA player
詹森	Zhān sēn	Johnson
詹天佑	Zhān Tiān yòu	Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), Chinese railroad engineer

Characters sharing the sound component 厂 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
厂 sound part	chǎng	cliff; factory, workshop; building
产	chǎn	to give birth, to bring forth, to produce