曰

yuē
#1,654 most
frequent character
to speak, to say

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

曰 shows a mouth 口 with a mark 一 for something moving outward. That picture gave the first meaning, to say something. From there it grew to the plain sense to speak.

Drawn as: mouth; outward motion mark

曰 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
曹
sound1 character
曱
picture2 characters
智汩
empty1 character
替

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Homophones

约yuē
appointment, agreement, arrange

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