话 huà

dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:种,席,句,口,番

HSK 18 strokesTrad. 話

Stroke order animation

话 · 8 strokes

8 strokes

Each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

Ideograph⿰讠舌

A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Traditional form 話: A spoken 言 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation

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diàn huàtelephone

shuō huàto speak

dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call

de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)

duì huàto talk (with sb)

xiào huajoke; jest

huà jùstage play

pǔ tōng huàPutonghua; standard Mandarin

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