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Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吾 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (語)
Simplified (语)
Notes
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唁 express condolence善 virtuous狺 the snarling of dogs謠 rumor (trad)這 this (trad)信 faith獄 prison (trad/jp)罰 penalize (trad/jp)訂 place an order (trad/jp)訃 obituary (trad/jp)訇 the sound of a crash計 plan (trad/jp)訌 confusion (trad)討 condemn (trad/jp)訓 instruction (trad/jp)訕 slander (trad)訖 stop (trad)託 entrust (trad/jp)記 remember (trad/jp)訚 speak (simp)
Historical Evolution
語
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
語
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
語
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
語
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
語
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
語
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
語
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
語
Regular
Modern
Chinese
语 / 語 [yǔ]
dialect; language; speech
语 / 語 [yù]
to tell to
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
語 かたる
Kataru given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
语言 [yǔyán] #2,238
language
英语 [Yīngyǔ] #2,112
English (language)
法语 [Fǎyǔ] #2,786
French (language)
西班牙语 [Xībānyáyǔ] #3,005
Spanish language
语气 [yǔqì] #5,180
tone
语音 [yǔyīn] #5,542
speech sounds
言语 [yányǔ] #6,776
words
语文 [yǔwén] #26,728
literature and language
话语 [huàyǔ] #9,687
words
汉语 [Hànyǔ] #21,338
Chinese language
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 語る [かたる] #826
to talk about
⭐ 物語 [ものがたり] #1,869
story
⭐ 英語 [えいご] #2,934
English (language)
⭐ 囁く [ささやく] #3,155
to whisper
⭐ 単語 [たんご] #3,878
word
⭐ 日本語 [にほんご] #4,705
Japanese (language)
⭐ 言語 [げんご] #5,555
language
語りかける [かたりかける] #5,691
to make a speech
⭐ 敬語 [けいご] #6,623
honorific
⭐ 物語る [ものがたる] #7,113
to tell (a story)
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