話

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話 U+8A71, 話
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A71
← 詰
[U+8A70] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 該 →
[U+8A72]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
13 strokes

Han character[edit]

話 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹十口 (YRHJR), four-corner 02664, composition ⿰訁舌)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1158, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35441
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3965, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8A71

Chinese[edit]

trad. 話
simp. 话
alternative forms 䛡
譮
𦧵
諙
舙

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 話
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (桰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
咶 *qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話 *ɡroːds
刮 *kroːd
鴰 *kroːd, *koːd
趏 *kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌 *ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡 *ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢 *ɡroːd, *koːd
括 *koːd
活 *koːd, *ɡoːd
适 *koːd, *kʰoːd
栝 *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸 *koːd, *ɡoːd
髺 *koːd
聒 *koːd
銛 *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀 *koːd
懖 *koːd
筈 *koːd, *kʰoːd
萿 *koːd
蛞 *kʰoːd
闊 *kʰoːd
秳 *ɡoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡroːds) : semantic 言 (“word”) + phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd). The right component is not related to 舌 (OC *ɦbljed, “tongue”).

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with 曰 (OC *ɢʷad) according to Sagart (1999); if so, it is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *grwas (“to speak; word”), whence Tibetan གྲོས་སྡུར་བྱེད་པ (gros sdur byed pa, “to consult; to discuss”) (STEDT).

"episode"
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 話(わ) (wa)

Pronunciation[edit]

Note: huǎ - only used in certain compounds, e.g. 話白, 話撇.
Note:
  • waa6-2 - “dialect; language; particle”;
  • waa6 - other senses.
Note:
  • va5* - “dialect; language”;
  • va5 - other senses.
Note:
  • ua5 - vernacular;
  • fa5 - literary.
Note:
  • Meixian:
    • va4 - vernacular (verb);
    • fa4 - literary (noun).
Note:
  • uā - vernacular (verb);
  • huā - literary (noun).
Note:
  • ōe/ōa - vernacular (ōa - rare in Xiamen);
  • hōa - literary.
Note:
  • 3hho - vernacular;
  • 3hhua - literary.
Note:
  • fa5 - vernacular;
  • fa4 - literary.
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 話
    Mandarin Beijing /xua⁵¹/
    Harbin /xua⁵³/
    Tianjin /xuɑ⁵³/
    Jinan /xua²¹/
    Qingdao /xua⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /xua³¹²/
    Xi'an /xua⁴⁴/
    Xining /xua²¹³/
    Yinchuan /xua¹³/
    Lanzhou /xua¹³/
    Ürümqi /xua²¹³/
    Wuhan /xua³⁵/
    Chengdu /xua¹³/
    Guiyang /xua²¹³/
    Kunming /xua̠²¹²/
    Nanjing /xuɑ⁴⁴/
    Hefei /xua⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /xua⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /xuɑ³⁵/
    Hohhot /xua⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /ɦo²³/
    /ɦua²³/
    Suzhou /ɦo³¹/
    Hangzhou /ɦuɑ¹³/ 名
    /ɦuo¹³/ 動
    Wenzhou /ɦo²²/
    Hui Shexian /xua²²/
    /ua²²/
    Tunxi /uːə¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /fa⁵⁵/
    /fa¹¹/
    Xiangtan /uɒ²¹/
    Gan Nanchang /uɑ²¹/
    Hakka Meixian /fa⁵³/
    Taoyuan /fɑ⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /wa²²/ 白～
    /wa³⁵/ 說～
    Nanning /wa²²/
    Hong Kong /wa²²/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hua²²/
    /ue²²/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /uɑ²⁴²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ua⁴⁴/ 動
    /xua⁴⁴/ 名
    Shantou (Teochew) /ue³¹/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /hua³⁵/
    /ue²³/
    Rime
    Character 話
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 夬 (30)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 下快切
    Baxter hwaejH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦˠuaiH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦʷᵚaiH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣuaiH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦwaɨjsH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣuaiH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣwæiH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ɣwaiH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		huài
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		waai6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 話
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		huà
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ hwaejH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[g]ʷˁrat-s/
    English speak; words

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 話
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 7558
    Phonetic
    component         		桰
    Rime
    group         		祭
    Rime
    subdivision         		3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		話
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡroːds/

    Definitions[edit]

    話

    1. words; talk; what somebody says (Classifier: 句 m mn)
      他的每一句話／他的每一句话  ―  tā de měi yī jù huà  ―  every single word they said
      話不能說得太滿／话不能说得太满  ―  huà bùnéng shuō de tài mǎn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    2. story; tale
    3. dialect; language
      四川話／四川话  ―  sìchuānhuà  ―  Sichuanese dialect
      越南話／越南话  ―  yuènánhuà  ―  Vietnamese language
    4. to talk about; to discuss
      話別／话别  ―  huàbié  ―  to say goodbye
      話家常／话家常  ―  huà jiācháng  ―  to chit-chat; to talk about daily lives
    5. (Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Northern Min, Wu) to say; to refer to; to talk about
      使乜話俾佢聽呢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      使乜话俾佢听呢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      sai2 mat1 waa6 bei2 keoi5 teng1 ne1. [Jyutping]
      What do you need to tell him/her for.
      話緊佢自己／话紧佢自己 [Cantonese]  ―  waa6 gan2 keoi5 zi6 gei2 [Jyutping]  ―  talking about himself/herself
      你快啲話我知發生咩事。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      你快啲话我知发生咩事。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      nei5 faai3 di1 waa6 ngo5 zi1 faat3 sang1 me1 si6. [Jyutping]
      Quickly tell me what happened.
      都話喇！／都话喇！ [Cantonese]  ―  dou1 waa6 laa3! [Jyutping]  ―  What did I tell you?
    6. (Cantonese, transitive) to tell (someone something)
      我搵人知咩嚟再話你哋知。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      我揾人知咩嚟再话你哋知。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 wan2 jan4 zi1 me1 lai4 zoi3 waa6 nei5 dei6 zi1. [Jyutping]
      I'll find someone who knows what it is and then report back to you guys.
    7. (Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Wu) to tell someone off; to scold
      唔話佢呢，佢就會繼續做落去。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      唔话佢呢，佢就会继续做落去。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      m4 waa6 keoi5 ne1, keoi5 zau6 wui5 gai3 zuk6 zou6 lok6 heoi3. [Jyutping]
      If you don't tell him off, he will continue to do it.
    8. (Cantonese) to think; to feel; to consider; to say
      你話點算好？ [Cantonese, trad.]
      你话点算好？ [Cantonese, simp.]
      nei5 waa6 dim2 syun3 hou2? [Jyutping]
      What do you say we should do?
      你話邊個會抵啲呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
      你话边个会抵啲呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]
      nei5 waa6 bin1 go3 wui5 dai2 di1 ne1? [Jyutping]
      Which one do you say is the thriftier choice?
    9. (Cantonese) Sentence-final particle used to ask someone to repeat previous information.
      頭先你叫我做咩㗎話？ [Cantonese, trad.]
      头先你叫我做咩㗎话？ [Cantonese, simp.]
      tau4 sin1 nei5 giu3 ngo5 zou6 me1 gaa3 waa6-2? [Jyutping]
      What did you want me to do just now?
      幾多錢話？／几多钱话？ [Cantonese]  ―  gei2 do1 cin4 waa6-2? [Jyutping]  ―  How much did you say it was?
    10. (Cantonese) quotative: that
      未試過話唔塞嘅 [Cantonese, trad.]
      未试过话唔塞嘅 [Cantonese, simp.]
      mei6 si3 gwo3 waa6 m4 sak1 ge3 [Jyutping]
      in my experience it's never not been in a jam
      噉就唔使話熱得滯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      噉就唔使话热得滞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      gam2 zau6 m4 sai2 waa6 jit6 dak1 zai6. [Jyutping]
      This can avoid it being too hot.
    11. (ACG) episode

    Synonyms[edit]

    • (speech):
    • (to say):
    Dialectal synonyms of 說 (“to say, to speak”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 言, 云, 曰, 道
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 說, 道 literary
    Mandarin Beijing 說
    Taiwan 說, 講
    Tianjin 說
    Qingdao 說, 講
    Jinan 說
    Xi'an 說
    Wuhan 說
    Chengdu 說
    Guilin 講
    Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 講
    Hefei 講
    Malaysia 說, 講
    Singapore 說, 講
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 說
    Pematangsiantar 講
    Cantonese Guangzhou 講, 話
    Hong Kong 講, 話
    Macau 講, 話
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 講, 話
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 講
    Taishan 話
    Taishan (Guanghai) 講
    Yunfu 話
    Yangjiang 講, 話
    Beihai 講
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 講
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 講
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 講
    Danzhou 講
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 講, 話
    Penang (Guangfu) 講, 話
    Singapore (Guangfu) 講, 話
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 講
    Móng Cái 講
    Mandalay (Taishan) 講
    Gan Nanchang 話
    Hakka Meixian 講, 話
    Wuhua (Meilin) 講
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 講
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 講
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 講
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 講
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 講
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 講
    Hong Kong 講
    Kuching (Hepo) 講
    Singapore (Dabu) 講
    Huizhou Jixi 講
    Jin Taiyuan 說
    Northern Min Jian'ou 話
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 講
    Fuqing 講
    Singapore (Fuqing) 講
    Southern Min Xiamen 講
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 講
    Quanzhou 說
    Jinjiang 說
    Shishi 說, 講
    Zhangzhou 講
    Zhao'an 呾, 講
    Dongshan 講
    Taipei 講
    Kaohsiung 講
    Tainan 講
    Penang (Hokkien) 講
    Singapore (Hokkien) 講
    Manila (Hokkien) 說, 講
    Chaozhou 呾
    Raoping 呾
    Shantou 呾
    Shantou (Chenghai) 呾
    Shantou (Chaoyang) 呾
    Jieyang 呾
    Lufeng 講
    Haifeng 講
    Bangkok (Teochew) 呾
    Phnom Penh (Teochew) 呾
    Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 呾
    Singapore (Teochew) 呾
    Pontianak (Teochew) 呾
    Leizhou 講
    Wenchang 講
    Haikou 講
    Qionghai 講
    Singapore (Hainanese) 講
    Puxian Min Putian 講
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 講
    Southern Pinghua Binyang 講, 說
    Wu Shanghai 講
    Shanghai (Chongming) 話
    Suzhou 講, 說
    Hangzhou 說, 話, 講
    Hangzhou (Yuhang) 講, 話
    Ningbo 講, 話
    Wenzhou 講
    Xiang Changsha 講
    Xiangtan 講
    Xiangxiang 講
    Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) 講
    Shuangfeng 曰, 講
    • (dialect, language):
    Dialectal synonyms of 話 (“-ese, suffix used to indicate a (spoken) language variety”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 話
    Mandarin Beijing 話, 話兒
    Taiwan 話
    Xi'an 話
    Chengdu 話
    Chongqing 話
    Yangzhou 話
    Nanjing 話
    Hefei 話
    Malaysia 話
    Singapore 話
    Cantonese Guangzhou 話
    Hong Kong 話
    Taishan 話
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 話
    Penang (Guangfu) 話
    Singapore (Guangfu) 話
    Hakka Meixian 話
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 話
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 話
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 話
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 話
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 話
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 事
    Hong Kong 話
    Kuching (Hepo) 話
    Singapore (Dabu) 話
    Southern Min Xiamen 話
    Taipei 話
    Tainan 話
    Penang (Hokkien) 話
    Singapore (Hokkien) 話
    Manila (Hokkien) 話
    Longyan 話
    Chaozhou 話
    Jieyang 話
    Singapore (Teochew) 話
    Leizhou 話
    Wenchang 話
    Singapore (Hainanese) 話
    Wu Shanghai 閒話
    Shanghai (Chongming) 說話
    Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 閒話
    Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 閒話
    Shanghai (Jiading) 閒話
    Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 閒話
    Shanghai (Songjiang) 閒話
    Suzhou 閒話
    Suzhou (Wujiang) 閒話
    Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 閒話
    Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 閒話
    Wuxi 閒話
    Changshu 說話
    Kunshan 閒話
    Taicang 閒話
    Tongzhou 說話
    Qidong 談話
    Haimen 說話
    Jiaxing 閒話
    Jiashan 閒話
    Pinghu 閒話
    Haining (Yanguan) 閒話
    Tongxiang 閒話
    Haiyan 閒話
    Changzhou 話
    Liyang 話
    Jintan 話
    Yixing 話
    Danyang 說話
    Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) 說話
    Jingjiang 話
    Jiangyin 閒話
    Gaochun 話
    Gaochun (Zhongbao) 話
    Huzhou 閒話
    Huzhou (Shuanglin) 閒話
    Changxing 閒話
    Anji (Ancheng) 閒話
    Deqing 說話
    Hangzhou 話語
    Hangzhou (Yuhang) 說話
    Hangzhou (Lin'an) 說話
    Hangzhou (Fuyang) 說話
    Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) 說話
    Tonglu 說話
    Tonglu (Wusheng) 說話
    Shaoxing 說話
    Zhuji 談頭
    Zhuji (Wangjiajing) 談頭
    Shengzhou 說話
    Shengzhou (Chongren) 說話
    Shengzhou (Taiping) 說話
    Xinchang 話
    Ningbo 閒話
    Zhenhai 閒話
    Fenghua 閒話
    Yuyao 閒話
    Cixi 閒話
    Xiangshan 閒話
    Zhoushan 閒話
    Huangyan 話
    Tiantai 話
    Xianju 話
    Sanmen 話
    Linhai 話
    Wenling 話
    Yuhuan (Damaiyu) 話
    Yuhuan (Chumen) 話
    Wenzhou 話
    Yueqing 話
    Yongjia (Fenglin) 話
    Rui'an 話
    Longgang 話
    Cangnan (Jinxiang) 話
    Pingyang 話
    Taishun 話
    Wencheng 話
    Lishui 話
    Qingtian 話
    Jinyun 話
    Wuyi (Liucheng) 話
    Songyang (Xiping) 話
    Songyang (Gushi) 話
    Yunhe 話
    Jingning 話
    Qingyuan 話
    Longquan 話
    Quzhou 話
    Suichang 話
    Jiangshan 腔
    Changshan 腔
    Kaihua 話
    Longyou 說話
    Jinhua 話
    Jinhua (Tangxi) 話
    Yiwu 話
    Yongkang 話
    Pujiang 話
    Dongyang 話
    Pan'an 話
    Wuyi 話
    Lanxi 話
    Shangrao 腔
    Shangrao (Guangfeng) 腔
    Yushan 腔
    Xuancheng (Yanchi) 話
    Xuancheng (Jinpai) 話
    Wuhu (Liulang) 話
    Tongling (Xihu & Shun'an) 話
    Jingxian (Zhaji) 話
    Pucheng 腔
    Xiang Changsha 話

    See also[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (話):
    • → Japanese: 話(わ) (wa)
    • → Korean: 화(話) (hwa)
    • → Vietnamese: thoại (話)

    Others:

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    話

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. talk, conversation
    2. tale, story

    Readings[edit]

    Derived terms[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    話
    はなし
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi
    Alternative spellings
    話し (informal or proscribed)
    噺 (especially rakugo)
    咄 (especially rakugo)

    From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *panas-.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    話(はなし) • (hanashi) 

    1. talking; speaking; speech; conversation
      何(なん)の話(はなし)をしてるの？
      Nan no hanashi o shiteru no?
      What are you guys talking about?
    2. story; tale; narrative
      「ざしき童(ぼっ)子(こ)のはなし」
      “Zashiki-bokko no Hanashi”
      The Story of the Zashiki-bokko
    3. a topic; a subject; that which is spoken about
    4. rumors; rumours
    5. negotiation; consultation; discussion
    6. lecture; speech

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    話
    わ
    Grade: 2
    kan’yōon

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Counter[edit]

    話(わ) • (-wa) 

    1. Counter for stories.
    2. Counter for episodes of TV shows.
      第(だい)１(いち)話(わ) ― daīchiwa ― episode 1

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese 話 (MC hwaejH).

    Historical readings

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    話 (eumhun 말할 화 (malhal hwa))

    1. Hanja form? of 화 (“to speak”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

    Kunigami[edit]

    Alternative forms[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    話

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Proto-Ryukyuan *panas-, from Proto-Japonic *panas-.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    話(ぱなーしー) (phanāshī) 

    1. conversation
    2. speech
    3. story

    Miyako[edit]

    Alternative forms[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    話

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Proto-Ryukyuan *panas-, from Proto-Japonic *panas-.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    話(ぱなす) (panasu) 

    1. conversation
    2. speech
    3. story

    Okinawan[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Proto-Ryukyuan *panas-, from Proto-Japonic *panas-.

    Alternative forms[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    話

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    話
    はなし
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    話(はなし) (hanashi) 

    1. conversation
    2. speech
    3. story

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    話: Hán Nôm readings: thoại

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    Yaeyama[edit]

    Alternative forms[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    話

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Proto-Ryukyuan *panas-, from Proto-Japonic *panas-.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    話(ぱなしぃ) (panasï) 

    1. conversation
    2. speech
    3. story
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