訁 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yán

speech

Component form of 言, which is a pictograph of a tongue (舌) sticking out of a mouth.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts movement of the tongue coming out of the mouth.

舌 Iconic component

shé tongue

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 舌 than it was in ancient scripts.

讠 is a component form of 言, which is a pictograph of a tongue (舌) sticking out of a mouth.

characterless component

Depicts movement of the tongue coming out of the mouth.

shé tongue

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 舌 than it was in ancient scripts.