Chinese Character 语 Meanings and components.

Form

语

Meaning

语 meaning[3] in English

Dialect.

Language.

Speech.

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Main Components

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

How to write 语

To write语yu3dialect you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 吾wu2surname Wu arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 吾 = 语

语 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

语
Pinyin:yu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dialect . Language . Speech
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
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 语in English or Chinese