TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
話
ㄏㄨㄚˋ · huà
noun — speech, words; talk
字源 FORM — what the parts do
≠the 𠯑 family fans out — 活 huó、括 kuò、話 huà
Words (言) spoken. The right side wears the tongue 舌's shape, but the sound-giver is 𠯑 — the donor behind 活 and 括; centuries of copying merged the two shapes. Talk, and everything talk rides on: 說話、電話.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩個人坐下，話（言）一句接一句，茶都涼了。
Two people sit down; the words (言) come one after another till the tea goes cold.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)說話、講話— speech — to talk常用
→電話— the phone — talk down a wire
→笑話— a joke — words for laughing
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension