言 (yán)
words; speech; language
How 言 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Traditional
- 言
- Simplified
- 言 (unchanged)
Common words using 言
- 留言 liúyán
- to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
- 箴言 zhēnyán
- admonition; exhortation; dictum
- 語言 yǔyán
- language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- 謊言 huǎngyán
- lie
- 一言不發 yīyánbùfā
- to not say a word (idiom)
- 一言九鼎 yīyánjiǔdǐng
- one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
- 不言而喻 bùyánéryù
- it goes without saying; it is self-evident
- 代言 dàiyán
- to be a spokesperson; to be an ambassador (for a brand); to endorse
- 代言人 dàiyánrén
- spokesperson
- 傳言 chuányán
- rumor; hearsay
- 前言 qiányán
- preface; forward; introduction
- 千言萬語 qiānyánwànyǔ
- thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say; talking nonstop
言 in a sentence
語言是人與人溝通的工具。
Yǔyán shì rén yǔ rén gōutōng de gōngjù.
“Language is a tool for communication between people.”
How common is 言?
言 is the 355th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 68.4% of all running text.
Characters that appear with 言
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