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yuē

Character Formation
Definition	say; Kangxi radical 73
Formation Method	(指事) Indicative. Picture of mouth 口 with indicator mark 一 pointing to source of speech. (形声) Pictophonetic. 口 (mouth) suggests the meaning while 乙 suggests the sound.

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