讳

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to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 meaning “speech” + 韦 sound ( wéi )

Components 讠韦

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
直言不讳	zhí yán bù huì	to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words
直言无讳	zhí yán wú huì	see 直言不諱\|直言不讳[zhi2 yan2 bu4 hui4]
讳莫如深	huì mò rú shēn	(idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
供认不讳	gòng rèn bù huì	to make a full confession; to plead guilty
隐讳号	yǐn huì hào	cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display
不讳	bù huì	without concealing anything; to pass away; to die
名讳	míng huì	taboo name (e.g. of emperor)
讳名	huì míng	taboo name; name of deceased
讳言	huì yán	to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in…
讳疾忌医	huì jí jì yī	hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticis…
讳称	huì chēng	euphemism; word used to avoid a taboo reference
犯讳	fàn huì	to use the tabooed name 名諱\|名讳[ming2 hui4] of hierarchical superiors (old); to violate a ta…
隐讳	yǐn huì	to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind
避讳	bì huì	to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)
避讳	bì hui	to avoid a taboo word or topic; to refrain from; to avoid
忌讳	jì huì	taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
韦 sound part	wéi	tanned leather; surname
围	wéi	to surround, to encircle, to corral
违	wéi	to violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from
伟	wěi	great, imposing; extraordinary
苇	wěi	reed
纬	wěi	warp and woof; lines of latitude
韪	wěi	right; proper; perpriety
闱	wéi	gate, door; living quarters
玮	wěi	a type of red jade; rare, valuable
帏	wéi	a curtain that forms a wall
炜	wěi	brilliant, glowing, red
祎	yī	excellent, rare; beautiful, fine