Radical 讠

7 strokes

訴

words 讠 (67c) + drive out 斥 (719a) = tell 诉

告诉 (138) gàosù to tell, inform]

The lurid words scrawled on the wall urge people to drive out any foreigners; the authorities have asked people to tell the police if they know who was responsible. / The dwarf police official will be stationed at the supermarket (ready to take reports).

axe 斤 (240) + splinter (695a) = drive out 斥

In some typefaces the splinter doesn’t reach all the way across the vertical stroke.

The gang use an axe to chop splinters out of the door of anyone they want to drive out of the neighborhood. / No pronunciation needed