谴 Strokes Write it Listen 谴 qiǎn to scold, to reprimand, to abuse HSK 7–9 15 strokes Radical 讠 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from讠meaningyánwords, speech; to speak, to say遣soundqiǎnto send, to dispatch; to exile, to send off How it works讠 hints at the meaning (speech), and 遣 qiǎn hints at the sound.