语 Strokes Write it Listen 语 yǔ words, language; saying, expression HSK 1 9 strokes Radical 讠 Sound + meaning 23 words Built from讠meaningyánwords, speech; to speak, to say吾soundwúI, my, our; to resist, to impede How it works讠 hints at the meaning (words), and 吾 wú hints at the sound.