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曰

yuē

say

Depicts a line, representing speech, coming out of a mouth (口).

Components
口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

一 iconic component

一  Iconic component

yī

  

one

Represents a line of speech coming out of the mouth.

Evolution

曰 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
曰 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
曰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
曰 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
曰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

曰  

yuē

say; KangXi radical 73; to speak; to say

Most common words with 曰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

曰

to speak

美其名曰

to call by the glorified name of (idiom)

子曰

Confucius says:

诗曰

a poem goes:

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

曹 朁

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

汩 曱

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

皆 沓

Distinguishing component in 1 character (1 verified)

替

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷat

hjwot

yuē

say


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

1656th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+66F0

Shuowen

“曰，詞也。从口，乙聲，亦象口气出也。”


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