语 yǔ language; words
Made up of [讠 yán words radical 149, 五 wǔ five; 5 , 口 kǒu mouth radical 30]Alternative traditional form of character: 語
Made with 9 strokes.
Combination of 'speech'; 'five' and 'mouth' to give the concept of speech among many people. Actually the left part means 'wu' and so is a rough phonetic
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 讠 yán component: 诞 dàn (birth) 访 fǎng (to visit) 话 huà (speech) 记 jì (to record) 谜 mí (riddle) 请 qǐng (please) 谁 shéi (who) 诗 shī (poem) 说 shuō (to speak) 诉 sù (to complain) 谢 xiè (thanks)
Also uses 口 kǒu component: 吧 bā (supposition or suggestion) 唱 chàng (to sing) 超 chāo (to exceed) 吃 chī (to eat) 船 chuán (boat) 啡 fēi (coffee) 富 fù (rich) 福 fú (good fortune) 告 gào (to tell) 各 gè (each) 宫 gōng (palace) 狗 gǒu (dog) 古 gǔ (ancient) 咳 hāi (sound of sighing) 号 hào (name) 和 hé (together) 合 hé (to close) 喝 hē (drink) 亨 hēng (prosperous) 后 hòu (behind) 回 huí (to circle) 或 huò (maybe) 吉 jí (lucky) 叫 jiào (called) 京 jīng (capital) 咎 jiù (fault) 句 jù (sentence) 局 jú (office) 君 jūn (monarch) 咖 kā (coffee) 可 kě (can) 另 lìng (other) 吗 mǎ (?) 命 mìng (life) 名 míng (name) 鸣 míng (to call (birds)) 呢 ne (and you?) 啤 pí (hops) 品 pǐn (article) 如 rú (as) 尚 shàng (still) 事 shì (matter) 史 shǐ (history) 虽 suī (although) 台 tái (typhoon) 唐 táng (Tang) 听 tīng (to listen) 同 tóng (same) 问 wèn (ask) 喜 xǐ (to be fond of) 兄 xiōng (elder brother) 咬 yǎo (to bite) 右 yòu (right) 员 yuán (person) 曰 yuē (to speak) 占 zhān (to observe) 只 zhī (one) 知 zhī (to know) 周 zhōu (circuit) 足 zú (foot)