语

語
yǔ
#493 most
frequent character
dialect, language, speech

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

语 has 讠 'speech; language' as a picture part and 吾 wú giving the sound. It first meant 'to discuss.' The meaning grew to 'to talk', 'speech', and 'language'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

语yù
(literary) to tell, to let (sb) know

Homophones

HSK 5
与yǔ
to give, to help, to get along with
雨yǔ
rain
予yǔ
(literary) to give
宇yǔ
room, universe
羽yǔ
feather, 5th note in pentatonic scale

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