柬
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木
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囗
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丷
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Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
柬
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木
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囗
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丷
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Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
"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 谏 as component
谏
is not used as a component in another character.