谍 Strokes Write it Listen 谍 dié to spy; an intelligence report HSK 7–9 11 strokes Radical 讠 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from讠meaningyánwords, speech; to speak, to say枼soundyètable; flat pieces of wood; a slip, a leaf How it works讠 hints at the meaning (speech), and 枼 yè hints at the sound.