to decide judicially

谳 character breakdown

to offer / to present / to dedicate / to donate / to show / to put on display / worthy person (old)

= + : The Saint Bernard dog (犬) is out of blood to bring to severe emergency spots, so Marie Curie (xi) volunteered to donate (献) blood in the anthill's bathroom (an4). To make her feel comfortable, the Saint Bernard dog set up a palm (南) from the south pacific.
"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 谳 as component

谳 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 谳

to judge a case / to render a verdict / verdict

Sentences with 谳

谳 currently does not appear in any sentence.