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语 (yǔ) Stroke Order, Decomposition & Printable Worksheet

语 (yǔ · Hán Việt: Ngữ) — language; speech; words; proverb; idiom. Phono-semantic compound: left speech radical 讠 (from 言, speaking) + right phonetic 吾 (wú, five 五 over mouth 口).

Pinyin
yǔ
Sino-Vietnamese
Ngữ
Strokes
9
Radical
讠
IDS Structure
⿰讠吾
Traditional
語
语yǔ
9 Strokes

语 Stroke-by-Stroke Trajectory (9 Steps)

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#1 / 9讠

语1 点 Diǎn

语1 (23,12)→(34,21)

#2 / 9讠

语2 折 Zhé

语2 (4,45)→(39,65)

#3 / 9

语3 横 Héng

语3 (48,18)→(79,15)

#4 / 9

语4 竖 Shù

语4 (57,22)→(54,50)

#5 / 9

语5 捺 Nà

语5 (46,35)→(69,48)

#6 / 9

语6 横 Héng

语6 (35,54)→(91,50)

#7 / 9

语7 竖 Shù

语7 (45,62)→(52,87)

#8 / 9

语8 捺 Nà

语8 (51,63)→(71,75)

#9 / 9

语9 横 Héng

语9 (54,82)→(78,79)

Origin & Structural Decomposition (语 = ⿰讠吾)

Phono-semantic compound: left speech radical 讠 (from 言, speaking) + right phonetic 吾 (wú, five 五 over mouth 口).

⿰讠吾 → 讠 + 吾 (⿰)

Calligraphy Proportion & Grid Coaching for 语

Keep left 讠 compact; in right-hand 吾, stack top 五 and bottom 口 along the same vertical axis, and make the long middle Horizontal bar of 五 the widest stroke on the right.

Common Stroke Order Pitfall for 语

In stroke 2 of 讠 (横折提 Horizontal-Turn-Rising), flick the bottom-right tip upward toward 吾 in one continuous stroke.

Essential HSK Compound Words with 语

语言yǔyán

language

语法yǔfǎ

grammar

口语kǒuyǔ

spoken language; colloquial speech

母语mǔyǔ

native language; mother tongue

英语 (英語)Yīng yǔ

English (language)

语气 (語氣)yǔ qì

tone; manner of speaking

语音 (語音)yǔ yīn

speech sounds; pronunciation

言语 (言語)yán yǔ

words; speech

话语 (話語)huà yǔ

words; speech

法语 (法語)Fǎ yǔ

French (language)

Example Sentences Using 语 (yǔ)

学习一门新语言需要每天听说读写。

Xuéxí yì mén xīn yǔyán xūyào měitiān tīng-shuō-dú-xiě.

Learning a new language requires listening, speaking, reading, and writing every day.

越南语版的页面正在由母语老师校对。

Yuènányǔ bǎn de yèmiàn zhèngzài yóu mǔyǔ lǎoshī jiàoduì.

Pages in the Vietnamese edition are being proofread by native-speaking teachers.

讠 (语 · ⿰讠吾)

words, language; saying, expression · words