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huà HSK1

speech

Simplified form of 話. Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

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.

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

言 Meaning component

yán speech

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.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwaejH	[g]ʷˤrat-s	speak; words

《說文》：“，合會善言也。从言，聲。《傳》曰：‘告之話言。’譮，籀文从會。”