言 — Chinese character

言

yán

words, speech; to speak, to say

Pinyin: yán
Radical: 149 ⾔ (Speech)
Strokes: 7
Components: 亠二口
Formation: ideographic — A tongue sticking out of a mouth 口
Japanese: 言 as a kanji

Common words with 言

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
语言 (語言)	yǔ yán	language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng)
而言	ér yán	(typically preceded by 就… (jiù xx) or 对… (duì xx) etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
发言 (發言)	fā yán	to make a speech; statement
言论 (言論)	yán lùn	expression of opinion; views
宣言	xuān yán	declaration; manifesto
留言	liú yán	to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
发言人 (發言人)	fā yán rén	spokesperson
谎言 (謊言)	huǎng yán	lie
谣言 (謠言)	yáo yán	rumor
预言 (預言)	yù yán	to predict; prophecy
方言	fāng yán	topolect; dialect
言语 (言語)	yán yǔ	words; speech

English words written with 言

言 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 21 · Analects 130 · Art of War 3 · I Ching 12 · Mencius 117 · Zhuangzi 265 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 12

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.

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