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Originally a pictograph of a tongue (舌) sticking out of a mouth (口), the character 言 is distinguished from 舌 by an extra horizontal stroke. It means speech or words, and serves as a highly productive radical, appearing as 讠 on the left side, for characters related to language, talking, and communication. As an independent word, it forms the basis of numerous compounds denoting speeches, statements, and other forms of verbal expression.
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学习语言很有趣。
他发言很流利。
言论自由很重要。
言行一致是美德。
请用言语表达清楚。
他的预言竟然成真了。
他的言论引起了广泛讨论。
这本书阐述了作者的言论。
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