to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior
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讠
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韦
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For Helga Horse (hu) soft leather gloves (韦) are a big taboo (讳), so she sets up an advertising column (讠) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) with an image of crossed-out leather gloves to tell everyone that they should not talk about it.
"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).
Willy Walrus tries to steal a golden cage which has been locked to the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. He wears a pair of soft leather gloves and wields a crowbar, with which he tries to remove the cage from the Eiffel Tower.
Willy Walrus tries to steal a golden cage which has been locked to the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. He wears a pair of soft leather gloves and wields a crowbar, with which he tries to remove the cage from the Eiffel Tower.
Characters with 讳 as component
讳
is not used as a component in another character.
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice