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讲

jiǎng

explain

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound. Simplified form of 講.

Components
讠 meaning component

讠  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

井 sound component

井  Sound component

jǐng

  

well

Evolution

讲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
讲 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
讲 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
讲 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
讲 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

讲 (講) 

jiǎng

explain; discuss; talk; to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasise; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture

Most common words with 讲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

讲

to speak

讲话

a speech

演讲

lecture

来讲

as to

讲述

to talk about

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 62.8864% of movies

582nd most common character in movies

555th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

講

Unicode

U+8BB2


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