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Radical 73to say, to be called (classical Chinese)

yuē (first tone, high and level)

to say, to be called (classical Chinese)

Radical 734 strokes0 characters

Where the shape comes from

A mouth 口 with a short stroke inside it — the word on its way out. On the page the only thing separating it from the sun 日 is its build: 曰 is written wider than it is tall, 日 taller than it is wide. It heads 曲, 更, 最, 曾, and both the traditional 書 and 會.

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