电话访问 Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 电 diàn electricity Original meaning: lightning Simplified form of 電, which depicts lightning (申) during a rainstorm (雨). The 雨 component was deleted for simplification. Components 電 雨 Deleted component yǔ rain 申 申 SoundIconic component shēn to extend Depicts lightning. Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.981-982Readings & variants Unicode 话 huà, hua speech Simplified form of 話. Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound. Components 讠 讠 Meaning component yán speech 讠 is a component form of 言. 𠯑 𠯑 Sound component guā block the mouth Modern form looks like 舌. Change in form Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠯑 than it was in ancient scripts. Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 访 fǎng visit Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訪. Components 讠 讠 Meaning component yán speech 讠 is a component form of 言. 方 方 Sound component fāng, fang square Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 问 wèn, wen ask (about) Simplified form of 問. Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 门 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 门 门 Sound component mén, men door Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode