话

諙
huà
#170 most
frequent character
word, words
noun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

话 has 讠 speech as its meaning part and 舌 guā as its sound part. Here 舌 is guā, not the usual shé. It first meant 'words, language', and from there grew 'to talk, chat'.

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Example Sentences

我会说很多话。
wǒ huìshuō hěnduō huà 。
I can speak a lot of words.
你能听到他的话吗？
nǐ néng tīngdào tā dehuà ma ？
Can you hear his words?
这些话让我很感动。
zhèixiē huà ràng wǒ hěn gǎndòng 。
These words move me greatly.

Same Characters, Different Readings

话huà
word, words

Words with similar meanings

言辞yáncí
speech; utterance
More formal and often used in literary contexts.
语言yǔyán
language
Refers to language in a broader sense, including grammar and structure.

Homophones

话huà
word, words
化huà
suffix (modernize, modernization)
划huà
to delimit, to transfer, to assign

Words Starting With 话

话题huà tí
subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
话筒huà tǒng
microphone

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