讲述
jiǎng shù · HSK 7
to narrate
🗣️📖 讲 speak + 述 state = to tell, narrate, give an account of something
讲 jiǎng means to speak or explain; 述 shù means to state or recount. Together they mean to narrate or tell a story, putting events into spoken words one after another.
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.