话语
huàyǔ · HSK 7
word
💬 话语 = 话 talk + 语 language = the words someone speaks
Both 话 (speech) and 语 (language/words) carry a speaking sense, so together they stack into one noun: a person's spoken words or discourse. The huà in 话语 is the same huà as in 说话 to speak.
话 — speech radical 讠 (言) + tongue 舌
话 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 讠 (simplified from 言, 'speech') gives the meaning, signaling something said, while 舌 ('tongue') hints at the sound and reinforces the speaking sense. The traditional form 話 makes the 言 element explicit; today 话 means 'speech, talk, words.'