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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 13

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yán
Cantonese: zin4

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a flute with 23 tubes; 4 inches long (of bamboo, etc.); a pipe; a wind instrument, (interchangeable 言) speech; words, to say, a dialect; language

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】 䇾
【廣韻】語軒切【集韻】【韻會】魚軒切,𠀤音言。管長一尺四寸。【廣韻】大簫也。又省作言。【爾雅·釋樂】大簫謂之言。【疏】李巡曰:大簫聲大者言言也。