Chinese Character 語 Meanings and components.

Form

語

Meaning

語 meaning[3] in English

Dialect.

Language.

Speech.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 語 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and surname Wu (吾)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with YRMMR

How to write 語

To write語yu3dialect you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 吾wu2surname Wu arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 吾 = 語

語 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 語 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 語, looks as follow:

語
Pinyin:yu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dialect . Language . Speech
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
吾
Pinyin:wu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
五
Pinyin:wu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Five . 5
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 語in English or Chinese