话
huà HSK1

speech

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 22, 2021, 02:56 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 22, 2021, 02:56 PM

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

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component

讠 is a component form of 言.

𠯑
𠯑 Sound component

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