Spot 言
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
言 component
yán · words, speech; to speak, to say
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 言
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue言Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
Each card keeps 言 visible while showing the other building blocks and the completed character.
信=
亻
訂=
+丁
訃=
+卜
訇=
勹
計=
+十
訌=
+工
記=
+己
訖=
+乞
訕=
+山
討=
+寸
託=
+乇
訊=
+卂
More characters to try
Open any character for animation, writing feedback, examples, and a printable worksheet.
訓xùn唁yàn狺yín訚yín這zhè訛é訪fǎng訣jué訥nè設shè訟sòng訢xīn許xǔ訝yà詞cí詆dǐ訶hē詈lì評píng訴sù詒yí詠yǒng詐zhà詔zhào診zhěn註zhù詛zǔ詫chà誠chéng誕dàn該gāi詬gòu詿guà詭guǐ話huà詼huī詰jí誇kuā誆kuāng詮quán詩shī試shì誊téng詳xiáng詡xǔ詢xún詣yì誉yù詹zhān誅zhū訾zī誒éi罰fá誨huì誡jiè誙kēng誑kuáng誚qiào認rèn誓shì說shuō誦sòng誣wū誤wù誘yòu語yǔ獄yù誌zhì諂chǎn調diào誹fěi課kè諒liàng論lùn請qǐng誰shuí談tán諉wěi誼yì誾yín諛yú霅zhà諸zhū諄zhūn諳ān諶chén諦dì諜dié諤è諷fěng諱huì諢hùn諫jiàn謎mí謀móu諾nuò諡shì謂wèi諧xié諠xuān謔xuè諺yàn謁yè諭yù諮zī謗bàng謊huǎng謇jiǎn講jiǎng謐mì謙qiān謚shì燮xiè謝xiè謠yáo謅zhōu謹jǐn謾mán謬miù謨mó謳ōu謦qìng謫zhé譏jī警jǐng譎jué譜pǔ譙qiáo識shí譚tán譖zèn證zhèng䜌luán譭huǐ譬pì譴qiǎn譯yì議yì譽yù譫zhān辯biàn護hù讀dú讌yàn讒chán讖chèn讕lán讓ràng讚zàn讞yàn
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 言 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
相信xiāngxìn
to believe
HSK 3.0 · L3信xìnletter
HSK 3.0 · L3信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card
HSK 3.0 · L3短信duǎnxìntext message
HSK 3.0 · L4回信huíxìnto reply
HSK 3.0 · L4信号xìnhàosignal
HSK 3.0 · L4信息xìnxīinformation
HSK 3.0 · L4信心xìnxīnconfidence
HSK 3.0 · L4自信zìxìnto have confidence in oneself
HSK 3.0 · L4信封xìnfēngenvelope
HSK 3.0 · L5信任xìnrènto trust
HSK 3.0 · L5信用xìnyòngtrustworthiness
HSK 3.0 · L5