演説
えんぜつ · enzetsu · JLPT N3 · noun
address
🎤 演説 = perform (演) + explain (説): an explanation delivered on stage
演 means perform, as in 演劇 (theatre), and 説 means explain or theory, as in 説明 (explanation). A speech is an explanation you deliver to an audience. Hook for the sound: enzetsu, an address that goes on until the END.
演 — water 氵 + 寅 (yín, phonetic)
演 is a semantic-phonetic compound: the water radical 氵 gives the meaning, originally referring to water flowing far and spreading out, while 寅 supplies the sound. From 'water extending' it broadened to 'develop, elaborate, perform,' as in unfolding a story or acting out a play.