ㄩ ˇ

yǔ

language

語 is a 14 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as yǔ in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as yù.

In simplified Chinese the character 语 is used.

It is made up of the components 言 (words) and 吾 (I/my).

  • 語
    ㄩ ˇ

    yǔ

    language

    • 言
      ㄧㄢ ˊ

      yán

      words

    • 吾
      ㄨ ˊ

      wú

      I/my

4 stories have been written about this character — see all
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language is simply the words I speak.
by Confucius

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Beginners in a language need 2 mouths, natives use 5 mouths.
by jena

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Sometimes I let my vocabulary *decline*, but then I study man[y oo]dles of WORDS and build *up* to SPEAKing my FIVE <language>s again.
by vms5q

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WOW YoU can speak 5 languages??
by JakieBrock

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 語

yǔ
yù

Definitions for 語 pronounced as yǔ

  • dialect
  • language
  • speech

Definitions for 語 pronounced as yù

  • to tell to

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