Radical 讠

7 strokes

譯

words 讠 (67c) + watch over (737a) = translate 译

翻译 (736) fānyì translate, interpret

(A crime scene: the dead man, a foreigner, has managed to write something on the floor beside him) The police have to watch over the words until someone arrives to translate them. / The dwarf police inspector is impatient — he wants to e-mail for a translation instead.

right hand 又 (52) + criminal (130a) = watch over

In the prison at each shift change, the new warder shakes hands with the notorious criminal as he arrives to watch over him. / [No pronunciation needed]