IDENTITY
话huàwords; speech; language
HSK 1Top 100
CORE MEANING
words; speech; language
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.words; speechHSK1
- 2.languageHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 讠speech radical (yán)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰讠舌
- speech
- tongue
USAGE
Common words
说话shuōhuàto speak
电话diànhuàtelephone
普通话pǔtōnghuàMandarin
Graded examples
他正在打电话。Tā zhèngzài dǎ diànhuà.HSK2
He is making a phone call.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 活
LEARNING
Memory aid
The tongue (舌) turning thoughts into words (讠) — speech. (From 話.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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