谎 huǎng HSK7 lie Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 荒 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謊. Components 讠 讠 Meaning component yán speech 讠 is a component form of 言. 荒 荒 Sound component huāng wasteland Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 謊 huǎng lie Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 荒 represents the sound. Components 言 言 Meaning component yán speech 荒 荒 Sound component huāng wasteland Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhanghmaːŋʔ Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang