言 U+8A00, 言 ← 觿[U+89FF] CJK Unified Ideographs 訁 →[U+8A01] ⾔ U+2F94, ⾔ ← ⾓[U+2F93] Kangxi Radicals ⾕ →[U+2F95] Stroke order Japanese 言 Simplified 言 Traditional 言
Note that in Japanese and Korean (printed forms), the 亠 component on top is written 二 (as found in the Kangxi dictionary). In traditional/simplified Chinese and Vietnamese, the top component is written 丶. In written Japanese, the top component may be written either 一, 丶 or 丨 (small vertical stroke).
言 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+0, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 卜一一口 (YMMR), four-corner 00601, composition ⿳亠𠄠口(GHTV) or ⿱亖口(JK))
- Kangxi radical #149, ⾔.
- Shuowen Jiezi radical number 56.
- Appendix:Chinese radical/言
- 信, 唁, 娮, 狺, 這, 琂, 䂴, 䩧, 䚯, 䚺, 䚿, 悥, 㝘, 䓂, 䇾, 霅, 㢇, 䴦, 獄, 㯎, 辯, 圁, 燮, 夑, 爕
- 訁／讠 (yán) (when used as a left Chinese radical).
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1146, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35205
- Dae Jaweon: page 1612, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3936, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8A00
simp. and trad. 言
Ideogram (指事) – From 口 and ▽(possibly original form of 弋, marking location). Later: from 口 and 辛 or 䇂 (possibly mixed with 舌).
Possibly related to the semantic family of 舌 (“protruding/emerging”, opposite to 音 “converging/covering”) or 語 (“facing/front”). May also relate to 獻, 諺, and 唁 (“formal presentation/declaration”).
See also 音.
According to Schuessler (2007: 74) this word is derived from 語 (OC *ŋaʔ, “to speak”) + -n nominal suffix.
言
- to say; to speak; to talk 言語／言语 ― yányu ― to speak; to tell 三思而後言／三思而后言 [Classical Chinese] ― sānsī ér hòu yán [Pinyin] ― Think before you speak.
- to discuss; to comment
- to state; to describe; to explain
- to write down; to record
- to ask; to inquire
- to inform; to tell; to let know
- spoken language; speech 語言／语言 ― yǔyán ― language 諾言／诺言 ― nuòyán ― promise 發言／发言 ― fāyán ― to make a speech 謠言／谣言 ― yáoyán ― fabricated rumor 洋洋萬言／洋洋万言 ― yángyángwànyán ― to be very lengthy (of an article, essay) 我能留個言嗎？／我能留个言吗？ ― Wǒ néng liú ge yán ma? ― Can I leave a message?
- opinion; view; perspective
- words; language appropriate to the occasion
- proposal; idea; plan
- government decree; order
- character; word
- sentence; writing; works
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A meaningless sentence-initial mood particle.
- 陟彼南山，言采其蕨 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge’s versionzhì bǐ nán shān, yán cǎi qí jué [Pinyin](please add an English translation of this usage example)
- a surname
- “言”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- to say
- speech
- Go-on: ごん (gon, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)
- Kun: こと (koto, 言, Jōyō)、いう (iu, 言う, Jōyō)←いふ (ifu, 言ふ, historical)、ことば (kotoba, 言)
Kanji in this term 言 げんGrade: 2 kan’on
From Middle Chinese 言 (MC ngjon, “speech”).
- (Tokyo) げん [géꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɴ]
言(げん) • (gen)
- word
- (linguistics) parole
- (parole): パロール (parōru)
- (antonym(s) of “parole”): 言(げん)語(ご) (gengo)
Kanji in this term 言 ことGrade: 2 kun’yomi
Cognate with 事 (koto, “thing”).[4]
- (Tokyo) こと [kòtóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ko̞to̞]
言(こと) • (koto)
- word
- “言”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
Hanja in this term言
From Middle Chinese 言 (MC ngjon).
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ʌ̹n]
- Phonetic hangul: [언]
言 (eumhun 말씀 언 (malsseum eon))
- hanja form? of 언 (“word”)
- hanja form? of 언 (“speech”)
Related to Middle Chinese 誾 (MC ngin).
言 (eumhun 심사화평할 은 (simsahwapyeonghal eun))
- (literary Chinese) hanja form? of 은 (“peaceful demeanor”)
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- to say
- speech
- Kun: くとぅ (kutu, 言)、っゆん (‘yun, 言ん)、いゅん (yyun, 言ん)
言(くとぅ) (kutu)
- word
言: Hán Nôm readings: ngôn, ngỏn, ngộn, ngổn, ngồn, ngủn
- speech
- word
- to speak
- to tell
