to censure / to reprimand

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) finds a dispatch (遣) has been posted to the anthill's (an3) advertising column (讠) scolding (谴) her reign. Angrily the tears down the dispatch and puts on her own one threatening with punishment (谴) to anyone who posts a dispatch criticizing (谴) her reign.

谴 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).
(bound form) to dispatch; to send / (bound form) to drive away; to dispel

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) wants to get a coat made out of mosquitoes, so she dispatches (遣) the bounty hunter (追) to go hunt mosquitoes (虫) for her in the anthill (an3).

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a dispatch (ger. "Depesche", the old fashioned letter).

Characters with 谴 as component

谴 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 谴

to denounce / to condemn / to criticize / condemnation / criticism
the wrath of Heaven / imperial displeasure
to blame oneself / self-recrimination
variant of 呵譴|呵谴[he1 qian3]
variant of 譴訶|谴诃[qian3 he1]
novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] classification)

Sentences with 谴

谴 currently does not appear in any sentence.