Zi:言

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[yán] direct speech; ​言 language/speech; ​言 speak/state; ​言 slander; ​言 oath; ​言 rumor; (radical 149, 言​); (HDZ:) … [yàn] ​ (cf. ​); ​ [yín] “言言”, ​

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

³yán {D} b.f.speech; word; talk; language ►yǔyán 语言character; syllable (in poetry) ►qīyánshī 七言诗morpheme ►²yánwèi 言位say; talk; speak ►huànyánzhī 换言之cons. ³zhǐ A (ér) ∼ (this) refers to A See also ér yán

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 言(​􀘢) yán ‘direct speech’ combines ​(​􀌼𠙵) kǒu ‘mouth/speech’, and ​(​􀝁𨐋) qiān ‘offend (a superior)’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​(​􀌺𠰛) gào ‘tell/report (news/warning, to a superior)’; ​/​(​􀙞􀙟𧧙) gào ‘tell/command (a subordinate to do sth. directly)’.
    Compare: ​(​􀗹) shé ‘tongue’, in which the top part is ​(​􀗽) gān ‘offend’.
    Compare: ​/​(​􀜆) jié ‘openly denounce/report/expose crimes/misdeeds’, in which ​(​􀗽) occurs twice.
    Compare: ​/​(​􀘥) yǔ ‘discuss/debate’; 言​ yányǔ ‘spoken language’ (direct/frank speech, and discussion/opinion).
    Compare: ​(​􀜻) yīn ‘sound’, in which 言(​􀘢) with an extra line inside the mouth (representing the sound), cf. ​.
    Note: Some interesting variant forms of 言 occur in compound Shuōwén variant forms (see below).
    Compare: ​𧦥(​􀙅), ​𧨼(​􀙒), ​(​􀙙), ​𧧙(​􀙟), ​(​􀜁), ​𧧿(​􀣟) [The form adds a loop to ​(​􁲂).]
    Compare: ​𧥻(​􀛐), ​𧥡(​􀛝), ​𧮩(​􀛸), ​(​􀜑), ​𧨭(​􁙻), ​(​􁳆) [The ‘mouth’ component is triangular.]
    Older graphs (OBI) associated with 言 are said (by one theory) to depict a mouth blowing ​ yán ‘panpipes (with 23 tubes)’, or else (and contrary to that theory) depict a mouth with protruding ​(​􀗹) ‘tongue’ (HDZ).
    “[言] Picture of a flute with a mouth blowing into it” —Lindqvist.
    Note: As an independent character 言 is not simplified; but as a component, 言 becomes ​ in simple-form characters when it occurs in the left (and lower-left), and middle positions in compounds (but not on the bottom).
    Compounds: ​; ​𫉄; ​𣶫𫞛; ​.
    言 is the 149th of the 214 Kāngxī radicals.
    Compare: ​(​􀜻) yīn, ​𠶷(​􀘶) yì, ​(​􀎦) chì.
    HDZ: 言 : yán : (​) ​ (​); (​) ​; ​, ​, ​; ​, ​; ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; (​) ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, 言​, ​; 言​, ​, ​; 言​, ​, ​; ​, ​; ​言, ​, ​言; ​, ​, ​; ​, ​; ​言​; ​; ​; ​; (​) (​) ​: ​ (​, ​) (​: 言, ​); ​; (​) ​, ​便, ​; (​); ​ (xùn): ​ (䷆: ​, ​言/​; ​: ​); ​ (qiān): ​ (䷅, ䷣), (SW:) ​𨐋/​ (​ “​”); (​); (​) • yàn : ​ (cf. ​); ​: ​ • yín : “言言”, ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:115.31; Wieger:73c; Karlgren:AD234,GSR251a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3936.1; Lindqvist:310; Mathews:7334; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1146.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:056.1.01; Wáng(1993):14; EDOC:1
►components:𨐋
►Cantonese: yihn\
Shuōwén: ​􀘢(​)
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Unicode: U+8A00
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