语
語yù
#493 most
frequent character
(literary) to tell, to let (sb) know
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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