言說

言

yán

说

說

shuo̅

to speak of / to refer to

Characters and words in 言說

言

yán = y + an2

words / speech / to say / to talk

言 = 亠 + 二 + 口 : The horizontal lines look like sound waves that emerge from an opening: I'll resemble 言 by a megaphone.

言 = 亠 + 二 + 口 : Maud Younger rushes into anthill and in the kitchen she uses a megaphone to loudly announce that the world revolution will soon start. She also tells the people that she has berets for everyone so that everyone will be able to be in style for the revolution. However she doesn't tell that she prepared the berets in another way: to each beret, she attached a mandarin via two capacitors which forms a formidable antenna, so that after the revolution, she'll be able to transmit her speeches directly to the wearers' brains.

说

說

shuì = shu + ei4

to persuade

说

說

shuo̅ = shu + o1

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

说 = 兑 + 讠 : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.

说

說

shuo̅ = shu + o1

to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine