发言 (fā yán)

Character breakdown

• 发 (fā) · 5 strokes

  Simplified form of both 發 (send out) and 髮 (hair). Visually similar to 犮, the bottom component of 髮.

• 言 (yán) · 7 strokes

  Pictograph of a tongue (舌) sticking out of a mouth. In old scripts 言 was written the same as 舌 but with an extra line.