to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study

= + : Tecumseh (t) is asking (讨) an advertising column (讠) inside of the aorta (ao3) for a little snack, and indeed, the column ejects some chocolate bars, which causes Tecumseh to thumb up (寸) at it.

讨 character breakdown

a unit of length / inch / thumb

= + + : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 讨 as component

讨 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 讨

to investigate / to probe
discussion forum / seminar
to discuss / to deliberate
to beg / to go begging
to ask for trouble (idiom) / to make a rod for one's own back
to examine or inspect / self-criticism / review
to denounce / to condemn
to invite a snub / to court a rebuff
to demand repayment of debt
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to demand / to claim
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to curry favor / to get the desired outcome by flattery
to go on a punitive expedition
to throw oneself at sb or sth / to bend over backwards to help
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

Sentences with 讨

讨 currently does not appear in any sentence.