诵 Strokes Write it Listen 诵 sòng to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud HSK 7–9 9 strokes Radical 讠 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from讠meaningyánwords, speech; to speak, to say甬soundyǒngpath; river in Ningbo; Ningbo How it works讠 hints at the meaning (speech), and 甬 yǒng hints at the sound.