dialect / language / speech

= + : Yu the Great is seeing some language advertisement on an advertising column in the space station. She decides to paint a big mandarin colored pentagram over the language ad.
to tell to

语 character breakdown

surname Wu
I / my (old)

= + : In other characters: a mandarin colored pentagram.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).
(old) I; my

Characters with 语 as component

语 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 语

incantation / spell / enchantment / curse
just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases
to talk in one's sleep / crazy talk
sign language
lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
pleasant-sounding Wu dialect / also written 吳儂軟語|吴侬软语[Wu2 nong2 ruan3 yu3]
Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
to inform / to tell
whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring
Taiwanese / Hokklo

Sentences with 语

语 currently does not appear in any sentence.