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
loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage); aphasia
aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
polite set phrases
Jurchen language
kind words; coaxing manner; sweet talk
to talk nonsense; to tell lies
witticism
sparkling with wit (idiom)
to be full of wit and humor
sparkling with wit (idiom)
euphemism
Welsh (language)
abbr. to jiā yǔ
Bengali (language)
official language
attributive (modifier)
Hakka (a Chinese dialect)
Hakka dialect
The School Sayings of Confucius
Cebuano language of the Philippines
Cebuano language of the Philippines
code; coded language; secret talk
pleasantries; salutation; polite set phrase
introduction; lead paragraph; (journalism) lede
local context