yán

speech

is a component form of , which is a pictograph of a tongue () sticking out of a mouth.

Components
◎ iconic,simplified component

  Iconic Simplified component

  

characterless component

Depicts movement of the tongue coming out of the mouth.

舌 iconic,simplified component

  Iconic Simplified component

shé

  

tongue

Evolution

讠 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
讠 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

yán

KangXi radical 149; "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149); see also 言字旁[yán​zì​páng]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Traditional

Unicode

U+8BA0


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