语 yǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吾 I, my, our
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
语言
yǔyán
language
Characters in this word
言 yán
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 言 — words, speech
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我学语言。 Wǒ xué yǔyán. I study languages.
- 语言很有用。 Yǔyán hěn yǒuyòng. Language is very useful.
- 汉语是一种语言。 Hànyǔ shì yì zhǒng yǔyán. Chinese is a language.
Related words
- 汉语 hànyǔ Chinese (language)
- 外语 wàiyǔ foreign language
- 词语 cíyǔ word; expression
- 英语 Yīngyǔ English language
- 口语 kǒuyǔ spoken language
- 语法 yǔfǎ grammar
- 语音 yǔyīn pronunciation; voice message
- 成语 chéngyǔ idiom
- 华语 huáyǔ Chinese language
- 言语 yányǔ speech; words
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech
- 流利 liúlì fluent