Speech Radical

yánAlias: Speech Radical

Strokes 7 strokes

Position Left

Characters 7 hanzi

Variants讠

Semantic Meaning

Chinese character radical: Speech Radical

Etymology & Origin

Ideogram: Mouth with acoustic sound waves projecting outward.

Mnemonic Memory Tip

Words emerging from mouth. The simplified form (讠) dominates communication and speech verbs.

字

Chinese Characters with Radical 言 (7)

Explore common hanzi containing this radical. Click any character to inspect stroke order and practice writing.

7 strokes

言

yán

to speak.

13 strokes

誊

téng

copy.

13 strokes

誉

yù

praise.

13 strokes

詹

zhān

surname.

14 strokes

誓

shì

to swear.

19 strokes

警

jǐng

to warn.

20 strokes

譬

pì

to give an example.