Memory phrase for the character: 话

话

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Meaning spoken words, language, dialect, speech

Pronunciation

huà

Explanation

Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: tongue 舌 (Thousands 千 mouths 口 with tongues)

Mnemonic
 
"Words on the tongue" means: spoken words or language.

Radicals

讠 wordtraditionally 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth
舌 tongue
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 Vocabulary

的话 de huà  if (coming after a conditional clause)
亵渎的话 xiè dú de huà  blasphemy
话匣子 huà xiá zi  phonograph or radio (old term); chatterbox; talkative person
电话簿 diàn huà bù  telephone directory
国际电报电话咨询委员会 Guó jì Diàn bào Diàn huà Zī xún Wěi yuán huì  International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
闲话 xián huà  digression; gossip; complaint; scandal; igression
笑话 xiào huà  joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
一句话 yī jù huà  in a word; in short
谈话 tán huà  talk; conversation
电话 diàn huà  telephone; phone call; phone number
讲话 jiǎng huà  a speech; to speak; to talk; to address
讲话 jiǎng huà  

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