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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