讥
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to ridicule
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 言 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 譏
- Common rank
- #3,910
- Unicode
- U+8BA5
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
deride · Heisig RSH #1651
words + small table
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 讥
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反唇相讥 | (idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort | |
| 讥笑 | to sneer | |
| 讥刺 | to ridicule; to mock | |
| 讥讽 | to satirize; to ridicule; to mock | |
| 讥诮 | to deride; to mock |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 几 — compare how they read.