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zhōu

to quip, to play with words, to talk nonsense

🔤 Pictophonetic: 讠 (words) provides meaning, 刍 provides pronunciation
HSK 7 strokes Uncommon (48%)
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讠
yán
words, speech; to speak, to say
刍
chú
to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder
⿰讠刍 i

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Component Tree i

yán
讠
words, speech; to speak, to say
2 strokes
chú
刍
to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder
🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺈ (knife) provides meaning, 彐 provides pronunciation
5 strokes

Words Using 诌 (9)

wénzhōuzhōu
文诌诌 ↗
bookish / genteel / erudite
húzhōu
胡诌 ↗
to invent crazy nonsense / to cook up (excuses) / to talk at random / wild babble
húzhōuluànbàng
胡诌乱傍 ↗
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
húzhōuluànchě
胡诌乱扯 ↗
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
húzhōuluànshuō
胡诌乱说 ↗
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
húzhōuluàndào
胡诌乱道 ↗
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
húzhōubāchě
胡诌八扯 ↗
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
suíkǒuhúzhōu
随口胡诌 ↗
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
zhōu
诌 ↗
to make up (a story) / Taiwan pr. <zōu>