话
话
“talk”
Radical: 讠
Strokes: 8
Level: HSK 1
How 话 is built — side by side
讠
Speech radical (讠) · yán zì páng
The speech radical: 说 speak, 话 words, 请 please, 谢 thank.
舌
component
Origin
A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 话
打电话 dǎ diànhuà — to make a phone call
笑话 xiàohua — joke
说话 shuōhuà — to speak
普通话 pǔtōnghuà — Mandarin
对话 duì huà — dialog
笑话 xiào huà — joke
废话 fèi huà — nonsense
话题 huà tí — subject (of a talk or conversation)
神话 shén huà — fairy tale
实话 shí huà — truth
不像话 bú xiàng huà — unreasonable
话筒 huà tǒng — microphone
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