讲
jiǎng · HSK 2
to speak; to explain
🗣️ 讲 = 讠(speech) + 井(jǐng, well) — speech phonetic-shifted to jiǎng
The 讠 radical marks speech-related verbs (说, 话, 语). The right side 井 'well' supplies the sound, drifting from jǐng to jiǎng. So 讲 means to speak, lecture, or negotiate — a verbal act.
讲 — speech radical 讠 + 井 (well)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 讠 (simplified form of 言, 'speech') gives the meaning, indicating something spoken or explained. The right side 冓 (simplified to 井-like form) originally suggested interlocking structure and provided the sound. Together it means to speak, explain, or tell.