话 — Chinese character
话
huà
talk, speech; language, dialect
- Pinyin
- huà
- Radical
- 149 ⾔ (Speech)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 讠 舌
- Formation
- ideographic — A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 話
Common words with 话
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 的话 (的話) | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 讲话 (講話) | jiǎng huà | a speech; to speak |
| 对话 (對話) | duì huà | to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation |
| 话题 (話題) | huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
| 谈话 (談話) | tán huà | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation |
| 打电话 (打電話) | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 神话 (神話) | shén huà | legend; fairy tale |
| 笑话 (笑話) | xiào hua | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock |
| 话语 (話語) | huà yǔ | words; speech |
| 说实话 (說實話) | shuō shí huà | to speak the truth; truth to tell |
English words written with 话
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.