語

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.1.3 Usage notes 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Min Nan 6.1 Hanzi 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): Radical: 訁 (言) + Phonetic: 吾 (五 + 口)

[edit] Han character

語 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口一一口 (YRMMR), four-corner 0166₁, composition ⿰言吾)

1. language, words
2. saying, expression

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1163, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35533
• Dae Jaweon: page 1628, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3974, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8A9E

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

語 (simplified 语, jyutping jyu5, Yale yu5)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

語 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ご (go), ぎょ (gyo)
• Kun: かたる (kataru), つげる (tsugeru)

[edit] Compounds

• アルファベットノ語 (アルファベットのご, arufabettonogo): alphabetic word
• 新語 (しんご, shingo): a new word
• 新語を造る (しんごをつくる, shingo o tsukuru): to coin a new word
• 難語 (なんご, nango): a difficult word
• 口語 (こうご, kougo): colloquial speech

[edit] Usage notes

-語 used as a suffix of a nationality, to announce country's language. Ie. Japan(日本), Japanese(日本語)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

語 (hangeul 어, revised eo, McCune-Reischauer ŏ, Yale e)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

語 (simplified 语, pinyin yǔ (yu3), Wade-Giles yü³)

[edit] Compounds

• 吳語 (wú yǔ)
• 粵語 (yuè yǔ)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

語 (POJ gú, gí)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

語 (ngữ, ngứ)