言

Alternative forms
Note that in Japanese and Korean (printed forms), the 亠 component on top is written 二 (as found in the ). 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).

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/言

Glyph origin

 * 言 was created by adding a mark to to indicate movement of the tongue. This indicates speech where 舌 is a mouth  with a tongue sticking out.

 erroneously analyzes the glyph as a.

Etymology
According to this word is derived from  + -n nominal suffix.

Definitions

 * 1) to say; to speak; to talk
 * 2) to discuss; to comment
 * 3) to state; to describe; to explain
 * 4) to write down; to record
 * 5) to ask; to inquire
 * 6) to inform; to tell; to let know
 * 7) spoken language; speech
 * 8) opinion; view; perspective
 * 9) words; language appropriate to the occasion
 * 10) proposal; idea; plan
 * 11) government decree; order
 * 12) character; word
 * 13) sentence; writing; works
 * 1) opinion; view; perspective
 * 2) words; language appropriate to the occasion
 * 3) proposal; idea; plan
 * 4) government decree; order
 * 5) character; word
 * 6) sentence; writing; works
 * 1) character; word
 * 2) sentence; writing; works

Kanji

 * 1) to say
 * 2) speech

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) word
 * 2)  parole

Etymology 2
Cognate with.

Noun

 * 1) word

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
Related to 🇨🇬.

Kanji

 * 1) to say
 * 2) speech

Noun

 * 1) word

Han character

 * 1) speech
 * 2) word
 * 3) to speak
 * 4) to tell