語

See also: 语

語	U+8A9E, 語 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A9E

← 誝
[U+8A9D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

誟 →
[U+8A9F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

語 (radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口一一口 (YRMMR), four-corner 0166₁, composition ⿰言吾)

Derived characters

𡂂, 𢣸, 𤻭, 𠑕, 𫤋, 𡈰

Related characters

语 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: page 1163, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35533
Dae Jaweon: page 1628, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3974, character 9
Unihan data for U+8A9E

Tok Saina

trad.		語
simp.		语

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 語
Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
吾
衙
鼯
浯
珸
郚
齬
鯃
娪
梧
峿
五
伍
寤
啎
晤
悟
逜
窹
捂
鋙
語
圄
敔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 + phonetic 吾 ().

Etymology

Compare Tibetan ངག (ngag, “speech”).

According to Schuessler (2007), 言 (“to speak; speech; talk”) is 語 with a nominal n-suffix.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yǔ (yu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ

(Chengdu, SP): yu³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йү (yü, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): jyu⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngui⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): nyy³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngî

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngi¹
Jin (Wiktionary): y²
Min Bei (KCR): ngṳ̌
Min Dong (BUC): ngṳ̄
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gú / gír / gí

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghe²
Wu (Wiktionary): nyy (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): y³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
  - Wade–Giles: yü³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yu³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: y
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йү (yü, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵
  - Yale: yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡui²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nyy³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲy²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: y²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /y⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳ̌
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋy²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋy³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gú
  - Tâi-lô: gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Tong'an, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gír
  - Tâi-lô: gír
  - IPA (Tong'an): /ɡɯ³¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ɡɯ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gí
  - Tâi-lô: gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Zhangpu): /ɡi⁵³/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ɡi⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

General Taiwanese:
- gí/gú - vernacular;
- gú - literary.

(Teochew)

Peng'im: ghe²
Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gṳ́
Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡɯ⁵²/

Wu

(Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: nyy (T3)
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲy²³/

Xiang

(Changsha)
- Wiktionary: y³
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁴¹/

Definitions

語 [[Category:Templet:zh Han characterss|語]]

to speak; to say
(of an animal) to chirp; to hoot
speech; language
(linguistics) spoken language (contrary to written language 文)
expression; words
saying; proverb; set phrase
movement or signal which transmits information
chirping; tweet

Compounds

Derived terms from 語

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): jyu⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngui⁴
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngi¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gū / gīr / gī

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghe²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiw
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁶
  - Yale: yuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡui²¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi⁴⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gū
  - Tâi-lô: gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gīr
  - Tâi-lô: gīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī
  - Tâi-lô: gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghe²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡɯ⁵²/

Definitions

語 [[Category:Templet:zh Han characterss|語]]

^† to tell; to inform

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (語):

→ Siapan: 語(ご) (go)
→ Korean: 어 (語, eo)
→ Vietnamese: ngữ (語)

References

“語”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Tok Siapan

Kanji

語

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ぎょ (gyo)
Kun: かたらう (katarau, 語らう, Jōyō)^{←かたらふ (katarafu, historical)}; かたる (kataru, 語る, Jōyō); ことば (kotoba, 語)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
語
ご Grade: 2
goon

Templet:wp Templet:wp From Middle Chinese 語.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ご [góꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞]

Templet:rfap

Noun

語(ご) (go)

(linguistics) a word, term
Synonyms: 言葉 (kotoba), 単語 (tango)
a proverb
Synonyms: 諺 (kotowaza), 成句 (seiku)

Derived terms

Suffix

語(ご) (-go)

language of, -ese, -ish
Templet:ja-usex-inline

Templet:ja-usex-inline

Templet:ja-usex-inline

Derived terms

Affix

語(ご) (go)

talk, speak
word, language, term
Templet:short for story, tale, narrative

Derived terms

Templet:der-top4

語(ご)意(い) (goi)
語(ご)彙(い) (goi)
語(ご)格(かく) (gokaku, “grammar”)
語(ご)学(がく) (gogaku)
語(ご)感(かん) (gokan)
語(ご)幹(かん) (gokan)
語(ご)気(き) (goki)
語(ご)義(ぎ) (gogi)
語(ご)句(く) (goku)
語(ご)群(ぐん) (gogun, “language group”)
語(ご)形(けい) (gokei)
語(ご)源(げん) (gogen)
語(ご)根(こん) (gokon)
語(ご)釈(しゃく) (goshaku, “explanation or explication of a word, term, phrase, or clause”)
語(ご)順(じゅん) (gojun)
語(ご)数(すう) (gosū, “number of words”)
語(ご)勢(せい) (gosei, “stress, tone, or emphasis; a manner of speaking”)
語(ご)族(ぞく) (gozoku)
語(ご)調(ちょう) (gochō)
語(ご)頭(とう) (gotō, “head or beginning of a word”)
語(ご)尾(び) (gobi)
語(ご)弊(へい) (gohei, “a misleading expression; a misunderstanding”)
語(ご)法(ほう) (gohō)
語(ご)脈(みゃく) (gomyaku, “the interrelationship of words”)
語(ご)類(るい) (gorui, “part of speech”)
語(ご)呂(ろ) (goro)
語(ご)録(ろく) (goroku)
隠(いん)語(ご) (ingo)
漢(かん)語(ご) (kango)
敬(けい)語(ご) (keigo)
結(けつ)語(ご) (ketsugo)
源(げん)語(ご) (Gengo)
言(げん)語(ご) (gengo)
古(こ)語(ご) (kogo)
口(こう)語(ご) (kōgo)
豪(ごう)語(ご) (gōgo)
言(ごん)語(ご) (gongo)
私(し)語(ご) (shigo)
耳(じ)語(ご) (jigo)
熟(じゅく)語(ご) (jukugo)
新(しん)語(ご) (shingo)
勢(せい)語(ご) (Seigo)
成(せい)語(ご) (seigo)
祖(そ)語(ご) (sogo)
壮(そう)語(ご) (sōgo)
単(たん)語(ご) (tango)
珍(ちん)語(ご) (chingo)
独(どく)語(ご) (dokugo)
難(なん)語(ご) (nango)
標(ひょう)語(ご) (hyōgo)
平(へい)語(ご) (heigo)
文(ぶん)語(ご) (bungo)
母(ぼ)語(ご) (bogo)
妄(ぼう)語(ご) (bōgo)
妄(もう)語(ご) (mōgo)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 語. Templet:hanja-ety

Pronunciation

Templet:ko-hanja-pron

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

語

Wikisource

語 (eumhun 말씀 어 (malsseum eo))

Hanja form^? of 어 (“language of; -ese; -ish”).

Compounds

구어 (口語, gueo)
논어 (論語, noneo)
단어 (單語, daneo)
문어 (文語, muneo)
어간 (語幹, eogan)
어구 (語句, eogu)
어근 (語根, eogeun)
어록 (語錄, eorok)
어미 (語尾, eomi)
어법 (語法, eobeop)
어색 (語塞, eosaek)
어원 (語源, eowon)
어절 (語節, eojeol)
어학 (語學, eohak)
언어 (言語, eoneo)
용어 (用語, yong'eo)
은어 (隱語, euneo)
주어 (主語, jueo)
보어 (補語, bo'eo)
어휘 (語彙, eohwi)
유언비어 (流言蜚語, yueonbieo)
어불성설 (語不成說, eobulseongseol)
언어도단 (言語道斷, eoneododan)
감언미어 (甘言美語, gameonmieo)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

語

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Tok Saina

Glyph origin

Etymology

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

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Pronunciation 2

Definitions

Descendants

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Tok Siapan

Kanji

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Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Suffix

Derived terms

Affix

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Korean

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Hanja

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Vietnamese

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