言(yán)

HSK 27 strokes

words

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Character information

Pinyin
yán
Meaning
words; speech; to say; to talk
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 言 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱亠⿱二口

A tongue sticking out of a mouth 口

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

亠tóu二èr口kǒu

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 言 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 言

Common words using 言 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yī一yán言yī一háng行
HSK 7-9

every word and action (idiom)

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yī一yán言bù不fā发
HSK 7-9

to not say a word (idiom)

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yī一yán言

one sentence; brief remark

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dài代yán言

to be a spokesperson; to be an ambassador (for a brand); to endorse

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yáng佯yán言

to claim falsely (literary)

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yī一pài派hú胡yán言

a bunch of nonsense

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yī一bān般ér而yán言

generally speaking

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yī一yán言jiǔ九dǐng鼎

one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

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Related characters

More HSK 2 characters

万且业为主举久乐

From 言’s common words

一行不发代佯派胡

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