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U+8A71, 話
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A71

[U+8A70]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8A72]

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13 strokes
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Han character

(Kangxi radical 149, +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹十口 (YRHJR), four-corner 02664, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1158, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35441
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3965, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8A71

Chinese

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trad.
simp.
alternative forms

𦧵

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 話, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
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Old Chinese
*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
*ɡroːds
*kroːd
*kroːd, *koːd
*kroːd, *kʰroːd
*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
*ɡroːd, *koːd
*koːd
*koːd, *ɡoːd
*koːd, *kʰoːd
*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
*koːd, *ɡoːd
*koːd
*koːd
*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
*koːd
*koːd
*koːd, *kʰoːd
*koːd
*kʰoːd
*kʰoːd
*ɡoːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡroːds): semantic (word) + phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd). The right component is not related to (OC *ɦbljed, “tongue”).

Etymology

Cognate with (OC *ɢʷad) according to Sagart (1999); if so, it is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *grwas (to speak; word), whence Tibetan གྲོས་སྡུར་བྱེད་པ (gros sdur byed pa, to consult; to discuss) (STEDT).

"episode"
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese () (wa)

Pronunciation

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Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /xua⁵¹/
Harbin /xua⁵³/
Tianjin /xuɑ⁵³/
Jinan /xua²¹/
Qingdao /xua⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xua³¹²/
Xi'an /xua⁴⁴/
Xining /xua²¹³/
Yinchuan /xua¹³/
Lanzhou /xua¹³/
Ürümqi /xua²¹³/
Wuhan /xua³⁵/
Chengdu /xua¹³/
Guiyang /xua²¹³/
Kunming /xua̠²¹²/
Nanjing /xuɑ⁴⁴/
Hefei /xua⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /xua⁴⁵/
Pingyao /xuɑ³⁵/
Hohhot /xua⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ɦo²³/
/ɦua²³/
Suzhou /ɦo³¹/
Hangzhou /ɦuɑ¹³/
/ɦuo¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦo²²/
Hui Shexian /xua²²/
/ua²²/
Tunxi /uːə¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /fa⁵⁵/
/fa¹¹/
Xiangtan /uɒ²¹/
Gan Nanchang /uɑ²¹/
Hakka Meixian /fa⁵³/
Taoyuan /fɑ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wa²²/ 說~
/wa³⁵/ 白~
Nanning /wa²²/
Hong Kong /wa²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hua²²/
/ue²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /uɑ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ua⁴⁴/
/xua⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ue³¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hua³⁵/
/ue²³/
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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (30)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter hwaejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠuaiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚaiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuaiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaɨjsH/
Li
Rong
/ɣuaiH/
Wang
Li
/ɣwæiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣwaiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
waai6
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BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huà
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwaejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[g]ʷˁrat-s/
English speak; words

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7558
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡroːds/
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Note: huǎ - only used in certain compounds, e.g. 話白, 話撇.
Note:
  • waa6-2 - “dialect; language; particle”;
  • waa6 - other senses.

  • Dialectal data

Definitions

  1. words; talk; what somebody says (Classifier: m mn)
       tā de měi yī jù huà   every single word they said
    不能滿不能   huà bùnéng shuō de tài mǎn   (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. story; tale
  3. dialect; language
    四川四川   sìchuānhuà   Sichuanese dialect
    越南越南   yuènánhuà   Vietnamese language
    平時 [Cantonese, trad.]
    平时 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 ping4 si4 tung4 keoi5 gong2 me1 waa6-2 gaa3? [Jyutping]
    What language do you usually speak with him?
  4. to talk about; to discuss
       huàbié   to say goodbye
    家常家常   huà jiācháng   to chit-chat; to talk about daily lives
  5. (Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Northern Min, Wu) to say; to refer to; to talk about
    使乜 [Cantonese, trad.]
    使乜 [Cantonese, simp.]
    sai2 mat1 waa6 bei2 keoi5 teng1 ne1. [Jyutping]
    What do you need to tell him/her for.
    自己自己 [Cantonese]   waa6 gan2 keoi5 zi6 gei2 [Jyutping]   talking about himself/herself
    快啲發生 [Cantonese, trad.]
    快啲发生 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 faai3 di1 waa6 ngo5 zi1 faat3 sang1 me1 si6. [Jyutping]
    Quickly tell me what happened.
    [Cantonese]   dou1 waa6 laa1! [Jyutping]   What did I tell you?
  6. (Cantonese, transitive) to tell (someone something)
    你哋 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你哋 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 wan2 jan4 zi1 me1 lai4 zoi3 waa6 nei5 dei6 zi1. [Jyutping]
    I'll find someone who knows what it is and then report back to you guys.
  7. (Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Wu) to tell someone off; to scold
    繼續落去 [Cantonese, trad.]
    继续落去 [Cantonese, simp.]
    m4 waa6 keoi5 ne1, keoi5 zau6 wui5 gai3 zuk6 zou6 lok6 heoi3. [Jyutping]
    If you don't tell him off, he will continue to do it.
    唔好真係 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔好真系 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 m4 hou2 waa6 aa3, zan1 hai6 jau5 gwai2 gaa3. [Jyutping]
    Don't complain (that I'm telling you that), ghosts are real.
  8. (Cantonese) to think; to feel; to consider; to say
    點算 [Cantonese, trad.]
    点算 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 waa6 dim2 syun3 hou2? [Jyutping]
    What do you say we should do?
    邊個 [Cantonese, trad.]
    边个 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 waa6 bin1 go3 wui5 dai2 di1 ne1? [Jyutping]
    Which one do you say is the thriftier choice?
  9. (Cantonese) Sentence-final particle used to ask someone to repeat previous information.
    頭先 [Cantonese, trad.]
    头先 [Cantonese, simp.]
    tau4 sin1 nei5 giu3 ngo5 zou6 me1 gaa3 waa6-2? [Jyutping]
    What did you want me to do just now?
    幾多几多 [Cantonese]   gei2 do1 cin4 waa6-2? [Jyutping]   How much did you say it was?
    [Cantonese]   nei5 waa6 me1 waa6-2? [Jyutping]   What did you say?
  10. (Cantonese) quotative: that
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    mei6 si3 gwo3 waa6 m4 sak1 ge3 [Jyutping]
    in my experience it's never not been in a jam
    唔使得滯 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔使得滞 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam2 zau6 m4 sai2 waa6 jit6 dak1 zai6. [Jyutping]
    This can avoid it being too hot.
  11. (ACG) episode

Synonyms

  • (speech):
  • (to say):
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Northeastern Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan ,
Malaysia ,
Singapore ,
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin
Jinan
Jiaoliao Mandarin Qingdao ,
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu
Wuhan
Guilin
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
Pematangsiantar
Jianghuai Mandarin Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou ,
Hong Kong ,
Macau ,
Zhongshan (Shiqi) ,
Zhuhai (Doumen)
Taishan
Taishan (Guanghai)
Yunfu
Yangjiang ,
Beihai
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Danzhou
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) ,
Penang (Guangfu) ,
Singapore (Guangfu) ,
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
Móng Cái
Mandalay (Taishan)
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian ,
Wuhua (Meilin)
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Hong Kong
Kuching (Hepo)
Singapore (Dabu)
Huizhou Jixi
Jin Taiyuan
Northern Min Jian'ou
Eastern Min Fuzhou
Fuqing
Singapore (Fuqing)
Southern Min Xiamen
Xiamen (Tong'an)
Quanzhou
Jinjiang
Shishi ,
Zhangzhou
Zhao'an ,
Dongshan
Taipei
Kaohsiung
Tainan
Penang (Hokkien)
Singapore (Hokkien)
Manila (Hokkien) ,
Chaozhou
Raoping
Shantou
Shantou (Chenghai)
Shantou (Chaoyang)
Jieyang
Lufeng
Haifeng
Bangkok (Teochew)
Phnom Penh (Teochew)
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
Singapore (Teochew)
Pontianak (Teochew)
Leizhou
Wenchang
Haikou
Qionghai
Singapore (Hainanese)
Puxian Min Putian
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
Southern Pinghua Binyang ,
Wu Shanghai
Shanghai (Chongming)
Suzhou ,
Hangzhou , ,
Hangzhou (Yuhang) ,
Ningbo ,
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha
Xiangtan
Xiangxiang
Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)
Shuangfeng ,
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Northeastern Mandarin Beijing , 話兒
Taiwan
Malaysia
Singapore
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu
Chongqing
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing
Yangzhou
Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Penang (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Hakka Meixian
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Hong Kong
Kuching (Hepo)
Singapore (Dabu)
Southern Min Xiamen
Taipei
Tainan
Penang (Hokkien)
Singapore (Hokkien)
Manila (Hokkien)
Longyan
Chaozhou
Jieyang
Singapore (Teochew)
Leizhou
Wenchang
Singapore (Hainanese)
Wu Shanghai 閒話
Shanghai (Songjiang) 閒話
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 閒話
Shanghai (Jiading) 閒話
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 閒話
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 閒話
Shanghai (Chongming) 說話
Suzhou 閒話
Suzhou (Wujiang) 閒話
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 閒話
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 閒話
Wuxi 閒話
Changshu 說話
Kunshan 閒話
Taicang 閒話
Nantong (Tongzhou) 說話
Qidong 談話
Nantong (Haimen) 說話
Jiaxing 閒話
Jiashan 閒話
Pinghu 閒話
Haining (Yanguan) 閒話
Tongxiang 閒話
Haiyan 閒話
Changzhou
Liyang
Changzhou (Jintan)
Yixing
Danyang 說話
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) 說話
Jingjiang
Jiangyin 閒話
Nanjing (Gaochun)
Nanjing (Zhongbao, Gaochun)
Huzhou 閒話
Huzhou (Shuanglin) 閒話
Changxing 閒話
Anji 閒話
Deqing 說話
Hangzhou 話語
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 說話
Hangzhou (Lin'an) 說話
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 說話
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) 說話
Tonglu 說話
Tonglu (Wusheng) 說話
Shaoxing 說話
Zhuji 談頭
Zhuji (Wangjiajing) 談頭
Shengzhou 說話
Shengzhou (Chongren) 說話
Shengzhou (Taiping) 說話
Xinchang
Ningbo 閒話
Ningbo (Zhenhai) 閒話
Ningbo (Fenghua) 閒話
Yuyao 閒話
Cixi 閒話
Xiangshan 閒話
Zhoushan 閒話
Taizhou (Huangyan)
Tiantai
Xianju
Sanmen
Linhai
Wenling
Yuhuan (Damaiyu)
Yuhuan (Chumen)
Wenzhou
Yueqing
Yongjia (Fenglin)
Rui'an
Longgang
Cangnan (Jinxiang)
Pingyang
Taishun
Wencheng
Lishui
Qingtian
Jinyun
Wuyi (Liucheng)
Songyang (Xiping)
Songyang (Gushi)
Yunhe
Jingning
Qingyuan
Longquan
Quzhou
Suichang
Jiangshan
Changshan
Kaihua
Longyou 說話
Jinhua
Jinhua (Tangxi)
Yiwu
Yongkang
Pujiang
Dongyang
Pan'an
Wuyi
Lanxi
Shangrao
Shangrao (Guangfeng)
Yushan
Xuancheng (Yanchi)
Xuancheng (Jinpai)
Wuhu (Liulang)
Tongling (Xihu & Shun'an)
Jingxian (Zhaji)
Pucheng
Xiang Changsha
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Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (wa)
  • Korean: 화(話) (hwa)
  • Vietnamese: thoại ()

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