谤 Strokes Write it Listen 谤 bàng to slander, to defame HSK 7–9 12 strokes Radical 讠 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from讠meaningyánwords, speech; to speak, to say旁soundpángside; beside, close, nearby How it works讠 hints at the meaning (speech), and 旁 páng hints at the sound.