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The character "言" originated from early ideographic concepts of speech, with its modern structure featuring a top element of three horizontal strokes above the component "口", symbolizing the mouth as the source of utterance. Etymologically, it has always denoted speech or words, and its semantic range expanded to include derived meanings like promises, opinions, and proverbs within compound formations. Functioning as a radical, it categorizes numerous characters related to verbal communication, reflecting its integral role in the language's lexical system.
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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。