Character: 話
Modern (Beijing) reading: huà
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghʷrāts
Classic Old Chinese: ghwrāć
Western Han Chinese: wrāś
Eastern Han Chinese: wrāś
Early Postclassic Chinese: wạ̄ś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: wạ̄̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: wạ̄̀j
Middle Chinese: ɣwạ̀i
English meaning : speech, lecture
Russian meaning[s]: 1) слова, выражения; 2) речь, язык, диалект; 3) разговор, беседа; разговаривать; 4) слово, завершающее конструкцию условного предложения
Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is thoại (with unclear th-). For *ghʷ- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou ue6, Fuzhou, Jioanou ua6.
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 1299
Karlgren code: 0302 o
Vietnamese reading: vè
