Read Edit View history Discussion 話 huà HSK1 speech Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas huà ×hua × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 话 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 話 Simp strokes 話 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Modern form looks like 舌. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 話 Simp strokes 話 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 話 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 317, 819 ], [ 396, 764 ], [ 422, 722 ] ], [ [ 80, 570 ], [ 111, 562 ], [ 152, 563 ], [ 351, 607 ], [ 414, 617 ], [ 453, 611 ] ], [ [ 219, 469 ], [ 266, 466 ], [ 347, 489 ], [ 389, 492 ] ], [ [ 199, 361 ], [ 261, 359 ], [ 337, 380 ], [ 376, 378 ] ], [ [ 144, 254 ], [ 171, 233 ], [ 216, 67 ] ], [ [ 198, 252 ], [ 209, 245 ], [ 322, 274 ], [ 352, 272 ], [ 374, 249 ], [ 348, 176 ], [ 323, 162 ] ], [ [ 231, 108 ], [ 239, 118 ], [ 322, 137 ], [ 376, 134 ] ], [ [ 795, 701 ], [ 719, 704 ], [ 677, 667 ], [ 620, 629 ], [ 491, 563 ] ], [ [ 434, 412 ], [ 488, 408 ], [ 603, 433 ], [ 840, 471 ], [ 896, 471 ], [ 946, 459 ] ], [ [ 617, 596 ], [ 651, 584 ], [ 662, 570 ], [ 633, 290 ], [ 615, 270 ] ], [ [ 476, 255 ], [ 507, 228 ], [ 512, 212 ], [ 548, 24 ] 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