rumor
谣 (yáo) · 12 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謠.
言 (yán) · 7 strokes
Pictograph of a tongue (舌) sticking out of a mouth. In old scripts 言 was written the same as 舌 but with an extra line.