彦
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产
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彡
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Mnemonic symbol: 韩彦直 han2 yan4zhi2, a song dynasty botanist.
Maud Younger (y) put on a fake Santa Claus beard (彡) to go and see Han Yanzhi (彦) work in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Han Yanzhi is preparing his beautiful and accomplished (彦) plants on an assembly belt (产). As Maud comes close to the assembly belt her fake beard is caught by a cogwheel, making the assembly belt shake wildly and throwing off all the plants.
"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 谚 as component
谚
is not used as a component in another character.