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yán

Character Formation
Definition	words, speech; speak, say; KangXi radical 149
Formation Method	(指事) Indicative. Tongue sticking out of the mouth 口. Compare with 音. (形声) Pictophonetic. 口 (mouth) suggests the meaning while 䇂 suggests the sound.

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