Chinese Character 话 Meanings and components.

Form

话

Meaning

话 meaning[3] in English

Dialect.

Language.

Spoken Words.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 话 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and tongue (舌)

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

In cangjie it is written with IVHJR

How to write 话

To write话hua4dialect you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 舌she2tongue arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 舌 = 话

话 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

话
Pinyin:hua4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dialect . Language . Spoken Words . Speech . Talk . Words . Conversation . What Sb Said . Cl:種|种[Zhong3],席[Xi2],句[Ju4],口[Kou3],番[Fan1]
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
舌
Pinyin:she2
Meaning[3]: Tongue
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
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

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