译
yì · HSK 7
to translate
🗣️ 讠 (speech) radical = turning one tongue's words into another; to translate
译 carries the 讠 speech radical because translating is reworking spoken or written words from one language into another. Pronounced yì, it covers both translating text and interpreting talk.
译 — speech radical 讠 + 睪 (phonetic)
译 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 讠 (speech) signals meaning related to language, while 睪 supplies the sound. Originally referring to interpreters who relayed speech between peoples, it now means to translate or interpret.