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shuōshuìyuè HSK1

speak

approved by Peter Olson · Oct 7, 2020, 11:19 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 7, 2020, 11:19 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

兑 Sound component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Change in sound

说 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
说 *l̥ot-s
兑 *lˤot-s