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话

Traditional: 話 · 諙

huà

HSK 3.0 · 1

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

huà · waa6 (Jyutping)

  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. spoken words
  4. speech
  5. talk
  6. words
  7. conversation
  8. what sb said
  9. CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
  10. old variant of 話|话[hua4]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

话

Meaning
speech, talk, language; dialect
Radical
讠
Strokes
8
Components
⿰讠舌
Cangjie
IVHJR
Four-corner
3276

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