谣
popular ballad; rumor
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How 谣 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 䍃 (phonetic, yáo)
components: 讠 䍃
How to remember it
rumor · Heisig RSH #2886
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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 䍃
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 䍃 (yáo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 䍃 sound component | yáo | vase, pitcher, earthenware |
| 摇 | yáo | to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave |
| 遥 | yáo | distant, remote |
| 瑶 | yáo | precious jade |
| 繇 | yáo | cause, means, reason |
| 鳐 | yáo | the nautilus; the ray |
| 徭 | yáo | conscripted labor |
| 飖 | yáo | floating in the air; drifting on the wind |
Words containing 谣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 造谣生事 | zào yáo shēng shì | to start rumours and create trouble |
| 大谣 | dà yáo | high-profile rumormonger (esp. on a microblog) |
| 谣言惑众 | yáo yán huò zhòng | to mislead the public with rumors; to delude the people with lies |
| 黄谣 | huáng yáo | sexual rumor (abbr. for 黃色謠言|黄色谣言[huang2 se4 yao2 yan2]) |
| 民谣 | mín yáo | ballad; folk song |
| 谣言 | yáo yán | rumor |
| 传谣 | chuán yáo | to spread rumors |
| 谣传 | yáo chuán | rumor |
| 造谣 | zào yáo | to start a rumor |
| 歌谣 | gē yáo | folksong; ballad; nursery rhyme |
| 童谣 | tóng yáo | nursery rhyme |
| 辟谣 | pì yáo | to refute a rumor; to deny |