language; speech; dialect

Character data

Radical ⾔ (149.7)
Strokes 14
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

語 yǔ
  1. 1. language
  2. 2. speech
  3. 3. dialect
語 yù
  1. 1. to tell to

Stroke order

語 stroke order diagram

Words containing 語

Word Meaning
soliloquy; solo part (in opera)
one-word sentence
Lhoba, language of Lhoba ethnic group of southeast Tibet
Swedish (language)
sweet talk; (idiom) sweet words; cajolery
sweet talk; nice but insincere words
sweet talk; (idiom) sweet words; cajolery
new or unfamiliar words
term; choice of words; wording
abbreviation
form word
sentence-starting particle; filler word
subcortical aphasia
pidgin
to speak with the eyes
direct object (grammar)
short-term phonological memory
phrase (grammar)
lingua franca
sociolinguistics
parent language (linguistics); proto-language
taboo language
taboo (word); unmentionable word
whispered conversation; to discuss in whispered tones
Coptic language of Egypt