to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior

= + : For Helga Horse (hu) soft leather gloves (韦) are a big taboo (讳), so she sets up an advertising column (讠) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) with an image of crossed-out leather gloves to tell everyone that they should not talk about it.

讳 character breakdown

"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).
surname Wei

= + : Mnemonic symbol: soft leather gloves.

Willy Walrus tries to steal a golden cage which has been locked to the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. He wears a pair of soft leather gloves and wields a crowbar, with which he tries to remove the cage from the Eiffel Tower.
soft leather

= + : Mnemonic symbol: soft leather gloves.

Willy Walrus tries to steal a golden cage which has been locked to the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. He wears a pair of soft leather gloves and wields a crowbar, with which he tries to remove the cage from the Eiffel Tower.

Characters with 讳 as component

讳 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 讳

taboo / to avoid as taboo / to abstain from
to make a full confession / to plead guilty
to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words
to avoid a taboo word or topic
to avoid a taboo word or topic / to refrain from / to avoid
important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it to anyone!
to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind
cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display
without concealing anything / to pass away / to die
taboo name (e.g. of emperor)
to use the tabooed name 名諱|名讳[ming2 hui4] of hierarchical superiors (old) / to violate a taboo / to use a taboo word or character
to speak one's mind / to speak candidly (idiom)
taboo name / name of deceased
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice
euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference

Sentences with 讳

讳 currently does not appear in any sentence.