话 huà speech
Made up of [讠 yán words radical 149, 舌 shé tongue radical 135]Alternative traditional form of character: 話
Made with 8 strokes.
A combination of characters for 'word' and 'tongue'
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 讠 yán component: 诞 dàn (birth) 访 fǎng (to visit) 记 jì (to record) 谜 mí (riddle) 请 qǐng (please) 谁 shéi (who) 诗 shī (poem) 说 shuō (to speak) 诉 sù (to complain) 谢 xiè (thanks) 语 yǔ (language)
Also uses 舌 shé component: 活 huó (to live) 乱 luàn (in confusion or disorder) 舍 shè (residence)
Sounds same
化 huà (to make into) 画 huà (to draw)Different tone
花 huā (flower) 华 huá (splendid)Pronunciation
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