训
xùn · HSK 7
to teach
🗣️ 训 = 言 speech + 川 river: words flowing down from above = instruction
训 — speech radical 讠 (言) + river 川
A semantic-phonetic compound. The 讠 (speech) radical gives the meaning—words used to teach or instruct—while 川 (river) suggests the phonetic and the image of guiding flow. Together 训 means to instruct, admonish, or train, as in channeling someone with words.