语

See also 語

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 語 (言 → 讠)

Han character

语 (radical 149 讠+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈女一一口 (IVMMR))

1. language, words; saying, expression

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1188, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3975, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8BED

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Cantonese

Hanzi

语 (traditional 語, jyutping jyu5, Yale yu5)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

语 (traditional 語, pinyin yǔ (yu3), yù (yu4), Wade-Giles yü³, yü⁴)

Compounds

• 汉语 (Hànyǔ) Mandarin
• 壮语 (Zhuàngyǔ)
• 梵语 (Fànyǔ) Sanskrit
• 英语 (Yīngyǔ) English
• 法语 (Fǎyǔ) French
• 德语 (Déyǔ) German
• 西班牙语 (Xībānyáyǔ) Spanish
• 咒语
• 波斯语 (Bōsīyǔ) Persian