speech; to deliver a speech
演 (yǎn) · 14 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 寅 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "flow out". The meaning later shifted to "spread", "develop", and "perform".
说 (shuì) · 9 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound.