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Chinese symbol for “speech”

讲话
jiǎng huà
Traditional: 講話
a speech; to speak; to talk; to address

The closest CC-CEDICT match for speech is 讲话 (jiǎng huà), defined as: a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; 个 (gè).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

讲 jiǎng
talk, speech, lecture; to speak, to explain
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes
话 huà
talk, speech; language, dialect
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “speech”

WordPinyinMeaning
演说 (演說)yǎn shuōspeech; to deliver a speech
话 (話)huàdialect; language
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
讲 (講)jiǎngto speak; to explain
语 (語)yǔdialect; language

Related words

Other words that share a character with 讲话.

WordPinyinMeaning
演讲 (演講)yǎn jiǎngto give a lecture; to make a speech
讲述 (講述)jiǎng shùto talk about; to narrate; to give an account
讲座 (講座)jiǎng zuòcourse of lectures; lecture series; chair (academic position)
来讲 (來講)lái jiǎngas to; considering
讲究 (講究)jiǎng jiuto pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
的话 (的話)de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
说话 (說話)shuō huàto speak; to say

See also: Japanese symbol for “speech”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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