言(讠) word (言字旁 yánzìpáng)
【FORMATION】象形，鼓舌说话
【COINAGE】Pictograph, a tongue at the top of which is added a short stroke.
【造字理据】
——>言
《说文解字》直言曰言，论难曰语。从口，䇂聲。凡言之属皆从言。
白话：言，直说叫“言”，论争辩驳叫“语”。字形采用“口”作边旁，采用“”作声旁。所有与言相差的字，都采用“言”作边旁。
【MOTIVATION】In the Oracle Inscriptions and Bronze Inscriptions, the character 言 looks like a tongue at the top of which is added a short stroke, signalling that a man is waving his tongue, i.e. speaking. Therefore the primary meaning of 言 is "to speak", e. g. 直言不讳(to call a spade a spade), from which has derived its use for what is talked or writ ten about, e. g. 言简意赅 (of speech or article) concise and comprehensive).
"In a multitude of words," the Chinese saying goes "there will certainly be a mistake." This is evident from the character for words itself: 言. Originally written , it represented a mouth 口 from which issued a mistake . Apparently, to correct this error,, man changed to 言. So today, with great care, his mouth 口 speaks its lines ,transforming soundwaves into words: 言.
In most cases this Component appears in the left part of a character; in some rare instances, it appears in the middle as in 辩（biàn, argue）. 讠is derived from言（yán, speech）and the characters with讠are usually related to speech.
【例字 Examples】
讲(講)[jiǎng] explain; discuss; talk
形声。从言，冓[gōu]声。本义：和解。
诉(訴)[sù] accuse; sue; inform; narrate
形声。本义：告状；控告。
话(話)[huà] speech, talk, language; dialect
形声。从言，舌声。本义：言语。
说 课 谈 议 记 谢 认 语 请 论 识 设 诗 该 谊 谁 谜
