言

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Han character 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.2 Noun 6 Min Nan 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Derived terms 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Alternative forms

• trad. 訁, simpl. 讠 (when used as a left Chinese radical)

[edit] Etymology

Pictograph of words emerging from a mouth (口)

[edit] Han character

言 (radical 149 言+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜一一口 (YMMR), four-corner 0060₁)

1. words, speech
2. speak, say

[edit] Derived terms

• Index:Chinese radical/言

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1146, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35205
• Dae Jaweon: page 1612, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3936, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8A00

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

言 (Yale yin4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

言 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: げん (gen), ごん (gon), ぎん (gin)
• Kun: こと (koto), いう (iu), ことば (kotoba)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

言 (hangeul 언, 은, revised eon, eun, McCune-Reischauer ŏn, ŭn, Yale en, un)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

言 (pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen²)

[edit] Noun

言 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yán)

1. (literary) speech

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Noun

言 (traditional and simplified, POJ giân)

1. (literary) speech; talk

[edit] Derived terms

• trad. 語言, simpl. 语言 (gú-giân)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

言 (ngôn, ngỏn, ngộn, ngổn, ngồn, ngủn)