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语

Traditional: 語

yǔ

yǔ · jyu5 (Jyutping)

  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. speech

yù · jyu5 (Jyutping)

  1. (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know

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

语

Meaning
language, words; saying, expression
Radical
讠
Strokes
9
Components
⿰讠吾
Cangjie
IVMMR
Four-corner
3176

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