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statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])

speech (讠) + sound (司) = word or lyric

The speech radical (讠) carries the meaning: this is a unit of language. 司 contributes the sound cí and nothing more.

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Words with 词

词眼

cí yǎn

key word

语气助词

yǔ qì zhù cí

modal particle

连缀动词

lián zhuì dòng cí

linking verb

连接词

lián jiē cí

conjunction

连绵词

lián mián cí

variant of 聯綿詞|联绵词[lian2 mian2 ci2]

连系词

lián xì cí

copula (linguistics)

连词

lián cí

conjunction

过去分词

guò qu fēn cí

past participle (in European grammar)

遣词

qiǎn cí

to choose one's words

量词

liàng cí

classifier (in Chinese grammar)

金瓶梅词话

jīn píng méi cí huà

Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content

键词

jiàn cí

keyword

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