The kanji 語 generally represents "language," "word," or "to speak." It encompasses the idea of communication, expression, and the tools used to convey meaning.

・On-yomi (音読み): ゴ (go) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): かた.る (kata.ru)

⚫︎日本語語 Translation: Japanese language ⚫︎英語 Translation: English language ⚫︎話語 Translation: Speech; Language; to speak

The kanji 語 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字; keisei moji). The radical (部首; bushu) is 言 (言; gen, meaning "to speak" or "words"). The phonetic component is 五 (go; meaning "five"). The original meaning of the character was likely related to "words" or "speaking" related to "the five tones" in ancient Chinese, thus, the phonetic component 五. Over time, it developed to broadly mean language, words, and communication.