谴

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to censure; to reprimand

Sound it out + + =

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 meaning “speech” + 遣 sound ( qiǎn )

Components 讠遣

censure · Heisig RSH #2743

words + 遣 dispatch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

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

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
遣 sound part	qiǎn	to send, to dispatch; to exile, to send off
缱	qiǎn	attached, inseparable, in love; entangled