popular ballad / rumor

= + + : Maud Younger (y) is reading about a fascinating rumor (谣) on an advertising column (讠) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). It is written that old pottery (缶) can be made as new using an electric razor (爫). Maud Younger tries the method immediately but breaks almost every piece of pottery she tries to renovate with her electric razor.

谣 character breakdown

(archaic) vase / pitcher
"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)

Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character remind me of a smiling mouth over a beard; thus, I'll represent it by an electric razor. James II of England (zh) uses his electric razor (爫) to shave his beard in the aorta's living room (ao3).
pottery

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is showing off his art skills right in the middle of the outhouse (ou3). He prepared some pottery (缶) to look at, but that's not all: when the bell tolls at noon, he takes a fork (山) and eats his pottery for lunch (午) as the central element of his art performance.
"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 谣 as component

谣 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 谣

ballad / folk song
to start a rumor
folksong / ballad / nursery rhyme
to refute a rumor / to deny
to mislead the public with rumors / to delude the people with lies
to take heed of idle chatter (idiom)
high-profile rumormonger (esp. on a microblog)
to start rumours and create trouble

Sentences with 谣

谣 currently does not appear in any sentence.