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语 yǔ — “language”
How to write and say the Chinese character 语 (yǔ), which means language — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: School & learning.
Pinyin · 拼音 yǔ
Meaning · 意思 language
Strokes · 笔画 9
Radical · 部首 讠 (speech)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
语 is written with 9 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
讠 (words) hints at the meaning, and 吾 lends its sound — together they make 语.
A common word常用词
汉语
the Chinese language
Example sentence例句
英语和汉语我都会。
I can speak both English and Chinese.
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