lies / to lie

= + : Helga Horse (hu) finds that the advertising column (讠) in the anglepod (ang3) is plastered with lies (谎). Not thinking twice Helga destroys all the lies and changes the advertising column to a desolate (荒) pillar.

谎 character breakdown

desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect

= + : Helga Horse (hu) got rid of a few chemical waste containers (巟) by emptying them over the ground in front of the anglepod (ang1). To cover up the barren ground (荒) she distributes many artificial lawn sheets (艹).
"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 谎 as component

谎 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 谎

to lie / to tell an untruth
to claim / to pretend
to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step)
inflated price / exorbitant price
to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear) / to cover (for sb who has lied)
lie detector / polygraph
lie detector / polygraph

Sentences with 谎

谎 currently does not appear in any sentence.